Mississippi Palisades State Park

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Location:North of Savanna, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Apple rivers in northwest Illinois.
Facilities:241 Class A and B campsites (110 with electrical hookups), showers and flush toilets (seasonal), camp convenience store, 2 youth camping areas, picnic areas, shelters, playgrounds, restrooms, hiking trails (15 miles), boat ramps.
Activities:Camping, boating, fishing, hiking, hunting, cross-country skiing, sledding, ice fishing.
Special Features:Park preserves palisades, or high, steep cliffs, along the Mississippi River. Erosion has carved intriguing rock formations on the bluff tops, including Indian Head and Twin Sisters, a pair of humanoid figures.
Address:16327A IL Rt 84
Savanna, IL 61074
Phone:815-273-2731
Web: dnr.state.il.us/Lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R1/PALISADE.HTM
Size: 2,500 acres.

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In Illinois a total of four populations are known (Herkert, 1991), the largest occurring on dolomitic cliffs above the Mississippi River, in the Mississippi Palisades State Park (Handel, 1994).

- The study was conducted in extreme NW Illinois, within the Mississippi Palisades State Park (Sections 28 and 33, T25N, R3E, 4th PM, Carroll County), on vertical cliffs that parallel the E bank of the Mississippi River.

The geology of the Mississippi Palisades State Park - an overview, p.

Effects of rock climbing on cliff goldenrod (Solidago sciaphila Steele) in northwest Illinois

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