LINCOLN — As Kickapoo Creek Park Ranger John Fink and I crossed the suspension bridge over the water that gives the park its name, a barred owl hooted in the distance and other birds provided a ...

During the month of April, the bird watching station at Kickapoo Creek Park will be manned periodically by experienced bird watchers to help visitors identify the many birds that visit the nearby ...

BRACKETTVILLE – The crack started at the floor. It scarred the rock face, up and up, across the ceiling and down the far wall. “That's a fault,” our guide informed us, as he detailed the millions of ...

A past year's view of Kickapoo Adventures at Kickapoo State Recreation Area located between Oakwood and Danville. Kickapoo Adventures, left, and the inside of Kickapoo Bar and Grill. A sunny day’s ...

DANVILLE — Three environmental groups have raised concerns about the proposed expansion of a mountain bike trail at Kickapoo State Park. Prairie Rivers Network, the Illinois Sierra Club and the ...

LeROY - For Glenn Barnhill, the Grand Village of the Kickapoo Park Powwow near LeRoy this weekend offers a chance to live the culture so close to his heart. | Photo gallery | Video "This is a way to ...

About: Where in Illinois can you go running or hiking, canoeing, fishing for trout, camping, hunting or scuba diving -- all against a backdrop of breathtaking natural beauty? Kickapoo State Recreation ...

In college, Scott Lind spent a summer working in Yellowstone National Park, where he would climb up to the roof of his dorm at night to lie down and look at the stars. When people think of the world's ...