Beaver Dam State Park (Illinois)

Beaver Dam State Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Beaver Dam State Park
Location	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
Nearest city	Carlinville, Illinois
Coordinates	39°12′40″N 89°58′34″W / 39.21111°N 89.97611°W / 39.21111; -89.97611Coordinates: 39°12′40″N 89°58′34″W / 39.21111°N 89.97611°W / 39.21111; -89.97611
Area	750 acres (304 ha)
Established	1947
Governing body	Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Beaver Dam State Park is an Illinois state park on 750 acres (304 ha) in Macoupin County, Illinois in the United States. The park is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Carlinville, Illinois and is managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) as a public place for fishing.

The state park centers on the 59-acre (24 ha) Beaver Dam Lake, an artificial reservoir which was created by a private Carlinville fishing club in the 1890s. The club later became a private resort which catered to visitors who arrived via the adjacent Chicago and Alton Railroad. During the Great Depression, the resort failed. The state of Illinois purchased the lake and some adjacent property in 1947. Additional land purchases have created the present-day Beaver Dam State Park.

The IDNR manages Beaver Dam Lake for the fishing of largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish, and sunfish. In addition, the park offers opportunities for the hunting of deer, wild turkey, and small game. There is a power limit for boats using the Beaver Dam Lake reservoir, with no gasoline-powered motors allowed.

Beaver Dam State Park preserves part of the historic oak-hickory forests that line upper Macoupin Creek. There are 8 miles (13 km) of hiking trails in the park. The reservoir and park drain into a tributary of Macoupin Creek.^[1]

References

↑ Illinois Atlas and Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping. 1991. ISBN 0-89933-213-7.

External links

"Beaver Dam - State Park". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
USGS. "United States Geological Survey Topographic Map, USGS Plainview (IL) Quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved 2008-06-30.

Protected areas of Illinois

Federal

National Historic Sites	Chicago Portage Lincoln Home

National Monument	Pullman

National Forest	Shawnee

National Wildlife Refuges	Chautauqua Crab Orchard Cypress Creek Driftless Area Emiquon Hackmatack Mark Twain Meredosia Middle Mississippi River Port Louisa Two Rivers Upper Mississippi River

National Grassland	Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

National Trails/National Heritage Area	Lewis and Clark Mormon Pioneer Trail of Tears Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area

National Natural Landmarks	List of National Natural Landmarks in Illinois

State

State Parks	Apple River Argyle Lake Beall Woods Beaver Dam Buffalo Rock Castle Rock Cave-in-Rock Chain O'Lakes Channahon Delabar Dixon Springs Donnelley/Depue Ferne Clyffe Fort Massac Fox Ridge Franklin Creek Gebhard Woods Giant City Hennepin Canal Parkway Horseshoe Lake Illini Illinois Beach James "Pate" Philip Jubilee College Kankakee River Lake Le-Aqua-Na Lake Murphysboro Lincoln Trail Lowden Matthiessen Mississippi Palisades Moraine Hills Morrison-Rockwood Nauvoo Pere Marquette Red Hills Rock Cut Rock Island Trail Shabbona Lake Siloam Springs South Shore Starved Rock Walnut Point Weinberg-King White Pines Forest Wildlife Prairie William G. Stratton Wolf Creek

State Historic Sites	List of Illinois State Historic Sites

State Forests	Big River Hidden Springs Lowden-Miller Sand Ridge Trail of Tears

State Recreation Areas	Clinton Lake Eagle Creek Eldon Hazlet Frank Holten Golconda Marina Johnson-Sauk Trail Kickapoo Moraine View North Point Marina Prophetstown Pyramid Ramsey Lake Randolph County Sangchris Lake Stephen A. Forbes Washington County Wayne Fitzgerrell Weldon Springs William W. Powers

State Fish & Wildlife Areas	Anderson Lake Baldwin Lake Banner Marsh Carlyle Lake Coffeen Lake Crawford County Des Plaines Edward R. Madigan Green River Hamilton County Heidecke Lake Horseshoe Lake (Alexander County) Iroquois County Kaskaskia River Kinkaid Lake Kishwaukee River LaSalle Lake Mackinaw River Marshall Mautino Mazonia/Braidwood Mermet Lake Middle Fork Mississippi River Newton Lake Jim Edgar Panther Creek Peabody River Ray Norbut Rend Lake Rice Lake Sahara Woods Saline County Sam Dale Lake Sam Parr Sanganois Shelbyville Silver Springs Snakeden Hollow Spring Lake Ten Mile Creek Turkey Bluffs Union County Woodford

State Natural Areas	Bartlett Woods Cache River Fults Hill Prairie Goose Lake Prairie Harry "Babe" Woodyard Illinois Caverns Kidd Lake Piney Creek Ravine Prairie Ridge Revis Hill Prairie Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak Sielbeck Forest Spitler Woods Volo Bog

State Trails	Mormon Trail Trail of Tears Tunnel Hill

Local

County Districts	Local forest and conservation districts

Illinois Department of Natural Resources

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