Reviews

Jeremy Davis

This is an awesome State Park with great hiking trails and beautiful views. There's a few different trails and they're all around a mile long, allowing you to pick and choose how many you want to do. The trails are clearly marked and well-maintained. I highly recommend the River Route and Primrose trails. The River Route is a hilly up and down wooded trail that leads to Apple River. Reaching the river gives you stunning views of the canyon. The Primrose Nature trail is also very cool and features a river crossing along stones if you want. The Pine Ridge trail takes you up along the beautiful pine trails and is a nice hike. There's also a good amount of parking and very clean restrooms. Note - I use Verizon for cellular service and lost service while visiting the park. I recommend downloading trails on AllTrails if you have the app and downloading an offline map of the area if you use Google Maps.

Eleazar Ixtepan

First time hiking with my 4 month old baby girl Was a great experience, so far we liked it , nice place for families.

David Beatty

We love this little park and often visit when we're in Galena. A couple of relatively easy walks and lots of great places to picnic.

Patrick Benson

Really nice State Park. The walk-in campsites are well-maintained. The park itself is quite peaceful, and there are some nice trails to hike (I enjoyed the Tower Rock trail very much). The only reason for four instead of five stars is that there are no showers and there is a lack of decent cellular service at the campground. No signal is not a big deal, but if you need access to phone and data services you might not have it. The Citgo in Stockton, IL, is about 10 minutes away at 601 E North Ave has a shower which costs $7.50 at the time of this review.

troy tietge

Beautiful and well maintained park. Awesome trails. One of the best areas I've seen and hiked. And the guys working in the park on the road were friendly and told me where the trailheads were.

Rob D.

An awesome state park for outdoor hiking and soaking up nature. They have multiple trails with different look out spots and no admission or entry fees. We took a hike along the river and up one of the cliffs and captured some great photos.

Matthew Cinquegrani

We did the River Trail and Tower Rock trail and enjoyed them both. River Trail was definitely more difficult with a narrow path down the embankments. Beautiful views everywhere though!

Rob Lejman

Beautiful place to spend the afternoon and skip the Gelena crowds. Bring some snacks and beverages and hang out on the lawn gazing at the cliffs, or take a stroll through some short hikes. Can't lose.

M. Feisthmmel

One of the nicer parks in Northwest Illinois. Well maintained park and campgrounds. 4 short hiking trails trails of moderate difficulty that involve hill climbing through beautiful biologically diverse forests. One may consider wearing a sturdy pair of hiking shoes. Nice sandstone rock formations throughout the park along the rivers. Not a large park but enough to spend a full afternoon in exploring.