📷 Nature Photography on public land in Illinois

277 public places in Illinois are listed for nature photography (260 state & public land, 11 state parks, 4 state forests, 1 national parks, 1 national forests). 2 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🗺️ Blue Star Memorial Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frank Bobrytzke ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jon J. Duerr Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ La Framboise Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Robinson Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Shawnee National Forest / Garden of the Godsfree
🗺️ Singing Woods Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Starved Rock State Parkfree
🗺️ 26th Street WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ 63rd St. Beach DunesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Algonquin Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Alice L. Kibbe Life Science Research StationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Allison Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Altorfer TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Amôwa Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Andersen Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Arie Crown ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Aurora West Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baker Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baker's LakeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baker's Lake Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bald Knob WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Banner MarshUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barbara Brown Nature ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barnes Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaubien WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bemis Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Bend Lake Preserve;Big Bend LakeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Bend State Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Island River ConservancyUnknown — check official site
🌲 Big River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Hawk Forest Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bobolink MeadowUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bradford State Habitat AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brezina WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brighton Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buehler PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buffalo WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Burlington Park Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Burlington Prairie Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Burnham Nature SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cache River State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cahokia Flatwoods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cahokia Mounds State Historic SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Caldwell PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Callahan Grove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Calumet WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Camp Pine Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Campground Road Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Campton Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canal Origins Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cap Sauers Holding Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Catherine Chevalier Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Cave In Rock State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Glen State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chilicothe BottomsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chinquapin Bluffs Land and Water ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Churchill Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Clear Springs WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cooper ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coral Woods Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crooked Creek WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cuba Marsh Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dam Number 1 Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dam Number 2 WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dam Number 4 North PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dam Number 4 South PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dan Ryan Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Danada Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dick Young Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Dixon Springs State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Douglass Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Branch Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Edward L Ryerson Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eggermann Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Eldon Hazlet State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elizabeth A. Conkey ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eugene Field Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fabyan Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Ferne Clyffe State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fiddyment Creek PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Glen County PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Glen Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Park SouthUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyUnknown — check official site
🌳 Fort Massac State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fort Sheridan Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Forty Acre WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Foster Beach DunesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fourth Lake Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River Bluff Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River Bluff West Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River BluffsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox River Shores Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frazer WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Freeman Kame - Meagher Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Freeman Kame - Meagher Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fullerton Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ G.A.R. Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Garden of the Gods Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Geneseo Prairie ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Geode Glen ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ George B. Fell Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Goodrich Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grant Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Greenbelt Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Greene Valley Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hadley Valley PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hanley SavannaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hanover Bluff State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harlem Hills Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harms Woods Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harms Woods PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harry Semrow PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Heron Creek Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Heron Pond – Little Black Slough Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Herrick Lake Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hickory Creek PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hickory Hills WoodsUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hidden Springs State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Higginbotham WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ High Point Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Homer Lake Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hoover Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horner Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horseshoe Lake Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Humboldt Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Illinois State Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Boundary PrairiesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Hill WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Iroquois Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jane Addams Memorial Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jardine Bird SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jerome Huppert Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kankakee Sands in IllinoisUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kathy Osterman Beach Dunes Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kathy Osterman Beach Dunes Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Keepataw ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kickapoo WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kinsey ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ LaBagh Woods and Sauganash Prairie PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Avenue Woods PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake of the Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lakewood Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lansing WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Legion Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Leroy Oakes East Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Leroy Oaks Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Leslie Rutherford ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lincoln Marsh Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Linne Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lions Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lowden-Miller State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lusk Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lyndon PrairieUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Maple Grove Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marengo Ridge Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McGinnis SloughUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McKinley Wood Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McMahon Woods & Fen Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Meissner Prairie-Corron Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Messenger Woods Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Middle Fork River Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Midewin National Tallgrass PrairieUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Midlothian MeadowsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Millbrook South Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miller Meadow PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miller-Anderson Woods State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Moeller Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nachusa GrasslandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ National Grove Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌳 Nauvoo State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ned Brown Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Northwestern Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nyman Farm Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oak Forest Heritage PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oak Ridge Marsh Nature ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oakdale Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oldfield Oaks Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Openlands Lakeshore PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Openlands Lakeshore PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Palmisano Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Park No. 597Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Paul Douglas Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Paw Paw Woods Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pecatonica Wetlands Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Perdueville Pheasant Habitat AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Pere Marquette State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pingree Grove Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Plum Creek Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Plum Valley PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Portwine PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Possum Hollow WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Potawatomi WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Potawatomi Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Prairie Hills Wetland PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Prairie Wolf Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Pullman National Historical ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ray Lake Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Redwing Slough State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Reed Turner WoodlandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ River Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Robinson Park SouthUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rock Springs Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Roman Pucinski PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ronan Park Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rubio WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ryders Wood ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sag Valley Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sagawau Canyon Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Sand Ridge State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sandy Ford State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sangamon ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sangamon River Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sauk Trail Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schiller Woods North PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schiller Woods South PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schurmeier Teaching ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schuth's Grove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sedge Meadow Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Singing Hills Forest PreseveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Skokie Lagoons CentralUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Skokie Lagoons NorthUnknown — check official site

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