| Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area | |
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 Hiking trail and Shabbona Lake, Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area, November 2013 | |
  Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area  Shabbona Lake State Park (the United States) | |
| Location | DeKalb County, Illinois, USA |
| Nearest city | Shabbona, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41°44′22″N 88°51′08″W / 41.73944°N 88.85222°W[1] |
| Area | 1,550 acres (630 ha) |
| Established | 1978 |
| Governing body | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 1,550 acres (630 ha) in Shabbona Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Shabbona Lake is a man-made lake created in 1975 by damming the (Big) Indian Creek, a tributary of the Fox River. Its name derives from the Potawatomi leader Shabbona.
Seventy miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, urban landscape gives way to 1,550 acres (630 ha) of rolling prairie and a 318.8 acres (129.0 ha) man-made fishing lake. Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area provides a convenient, natural haven from the hustle and bustle of daily life.[2]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shabbona Lake State Recreational Area
- ↑ "Parks". www.dnr.illinois.gov. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- "Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- USGS. "Shabbona Lake, USGS Shabbona Grove (IL) Quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
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