Mississippi Palisades State Park

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Mississippi Palisades State Park, Illinois, USA
IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)
Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Mississippi Palisades State Park
Location	Carroll County, Illinois, USA
Nearest city	Savanna, Illinois
Coordinates	42°08′18″N 90°09′32″W / 42.13833, -90.15889
Area	2,500 acres (10.12 km²)
Established	1973
Governing body	Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Mississippi Palisades State Park, is a National Natural Landmark located in Carroll County, Illinois just north of the town of Savanna. It is a partially conserved section of the Mississippi Palisades. The area contains many caves and large cliffs along the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Apple River (Illinois) in the Driftless Area of far northwestern Illinois.

[edit] References

Mississippi Palisades - State Park. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
USGS. "Mississippi Palisades State Park, USGS Blackhawk (IL,IA) Quad", TopoZone. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
Mississippi Palisades Park and the Savanna Area. Illinois State Museum - Geology Online. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.

v • d • e Protected Areas of Illinois

National Park Service	Chicago Portage National Historic Site • Lincoln Home National Historic Site

National Forests	Shawnee National Forest

State Parks	Apple River • Argyle Lake • Beall Woods • Beaver Dam • Buffalo Rock • Castle Rock • Cave-in-Rock • Chain O'Lakes • Channahon • Delabar • Dixon Springs • Donnelley/Depue • Ferne Clyffe • Fort Massac • Fox Ridge • Franklin Creek • Gebhard Woods • Giant City • Hennepin Canal • Horseshoe Lake • Illini • Illinois Beach • James "Pate" Philip • Jubilee College • Kankakee River • Lake Le-Aqua-Na • Lake Murphysboro • Lincoln Trail • Lowden • Matthiessen • Mississippi Palisades • Moraine Hills • Morrison-Rockwood • Nauvoo • Pere Marquette • Red Hills • Rock Cut • Rock Island Trail • Shabbona Lake • Siloam Springs • South Shore • Starved Rock • Walnut Point • Weinberg-King • White Pines Forest • Wildlife Prairie • William G. Stratton • Wolf Creek

State Forests	Big River • Hidden Springs • Lowden-Miller • Sand Ridge • Trail of Tears

State Recreation Areas	Clinton Lake • Eagle Creek • Eldon Hazlet • Frank Holten • Golconda Marina • Johnson-Sauk Trail • Kickapoo • Moraine View • North Point Marina • Prophetstown • Pyramid • Ramsey Lake • Randolph County • Sangchris Lake • Stephen A. Forbes • Washington County • Wayne Fitzgerrell • Weldon Springs • William W. Powers

State Fish & Wildlife Areas	Anderson Lake • Baldwin Lake • Banner Marsh • Carlyle Lake • Coffeen Lake • Crawford County • Des Plaines • Edward R. Madigan • Green River • Hamilton County • Heidecke Lake • Horseshoe Lake (Alexander County) • Iroquois • Kaskaskia River • Kinkaid Lake • Kishwaukee River • LaSalle Lake • Mackinaw River • Marshall • Mautino • Mazonia/Braidwood • Mermet Lake • Middle Fork • Mississippi River • Newton Lake • Jim Edgar Panther Creek • Peabody River • Ray Norbut • Rend Lake • Rice Lake • Saline County • Sam Dale Lake • Sam Parr • Sanganois • Shelbyville • Silver Springs • Snakeden Hollow • Spring Lake • Ten Mile Creek • Turkey Bluffs • Union County • Woodford

State Natural Areas	Cache River • Fults Hill Prairie • Goose Lake Prairie • Harry "Babe" Woodyard • Illinois Caverns • Kidd Lake • Piney Creek Ravine • Sielbeck Forest • Spitler Woods • Volo Bog

National & State Trails	Lewis and Clark • Mormon Pioneer • Trail of Tears • Tunnel Hill

Illinois Department of Natural Resources