State Parks and National Parks

Rock Cut State Park

In summer, sprawling Rock Cut State Park offers many miles of mountain biking, hiking and equestrian trails and rewarding fishing and boating.

When the snow falls, winter campers, ice fishermen and cross-country skiers dominate this 3,092-acre park in northern Illinois.

There is canoeing, no-wake boating and fishing for muskie, northern pike, walleye, catfish and crappie in 162-acre Pierce Lake.

Rock Cut has 15 miles of hiking paths, some of which are shared with mountain bikes. There are 14 miles of horse trails.

The park has 212 campsites with electrical hookups and 60 tent sites.

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