An easy drive from Chicago, this state park offers a glimpse into the past with a well-preserved canal, plus access to ...

Here’s how DraftKings at Casino Queen RV Park performed in Tripadvisor’s ranking of the best value campsites in Illinois for 2025. If you’re planning your summertime travel, you don’t have to drive ...

Summer has arrived and Illinois has a wide variety of campgrounds and state parks to visit amid the sunshine. Illinoisans can enjoy water views, walking and biking trails, and numerous sightseeing ...

Dennis and Carol Sporleder whisked their two granddaughters away on a family road trip to Illinois with the intention of ...

As winter sets in, camping options shrink in many parts of the U.S., but for RVers and cold-weather adventurers, the season never ends. National forests across the country offer year-round campgrounds ...

Vacations are about getting away, escaping the daily stresses of life and creating significant bonding time with friends or loved ones. “Escaping” doesn’t necessarily mean a trip that’s thousands of ...

National Parks in Illinois receive over two hundred thousand visitors a year and include National Historic Trails, Natio ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Natural ...

DECATUR — The weather outside is frightful, but warm days are coming when the great outdoors will beckon. Fans of tent camping and hiking who want to explore their own state with a reliable guide can ...

In 2017 when Jennifer and Tim Bias bought 96 acres of lush forest and wildlife terrain along the Vermilion River in Tonica, a village of under 1,000 in Central Illinois, their plan was to turn it into ...