Moraine View State Recreation Area
Location:Near LeRoy, just east of Bloomington/Normal, off I-74.
Facilities:137 Class A trailer campsites with water and electricity, 32 primitive
Class D campsites, 2 group camping areas, and 30 Class A horsemen's
campsites with water, electricity, and hitching racks; 8 picnic areas,
5 picnic shelters, 4 playgrounds; swimming beach, fishing pier (é),
boat ramp, dock, boat rentals; restaurant and concession stand; hiking
trails, bridle trails (10 miles), ski trails (7 miles), snowmobile
trails, horse rentals for trail rides.
Activities:Camping, boating (10 HP limit), canoeing, fishing, swimming,
hiking, horseback riding, hunting, cross-country skiing,
snowmobiling, ice fishing, ice skating.
Special Features:When the glaciers of the last Ice Age moved through central Illinois
15,000 years ago, they pushed massive amounts of rock and earth before
them, leaving in their wake long and expansive ridges across the
landscape called moraines. Moraine View is located in the middle of one
of the largest moraines in the state of Illinois.
Address:27374 Moraine View Park Rd
LeRoy, IL 61752
Phone:309-724-8032
Web: dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R3/MORAINE.HTM
Size: 1,687 acres.
See other parks in
Illinois.