Buffalo Rock State Park
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Buffalo Rock State Park & Effigy Tumuli is an Illinois state park on in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The park is located in LaSalle County next to Starved Rock State Park, and was once used as a "blind canyon" for Indians to capture buffalo. Effigy Tumuli consists of five earth art animal sculptures native to the Illinois River was constructed as a tribute to Native American tradition. Read more
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Chad F. 2016-05-01Didn't do trails, just had a picnic. It was nice and clean, had a table by a cliff with a view of the illinois river. Very nice. The live Buffalo...
David S. 2017-09-16Excellent Park, beautiful walks and views. Eat at The Hi Way Restaurant for good cheap food!
Chuck H. 2017-09-03Awsome place to hike.
Ashley C. 2017-08-13I have been going here since I was a little kid with all my friends n family. I've had more then one family member get married here. It's a beautiful...
Eric T. 2017-08-06A nice park smaller than Starved Rock. Buffalo! Trails easier for beginners or kids. Highly recommend.
Michelle Jackson P. 2017-04-19I love seeing the buffalo!! The park is always clean and beautiful!!
Jimmi B. 2017-04-18We love walking the trails here!! We go here quite a lot, but always seem to find something we haven't seen before!!!
Gary S. 2017-03-06Nice place to anchor out on a comfortable night except for people running lawn mower sounding generators all night long.
Kim M. 2017-02-04Nice place for a long walk. If you plan your walk correctly the treat at the end are two buffalos lounginh in the sunshine.
Angel M. 2017-02-01Great hike. Great view. Definitely worth the trip.
Colin J. 2016-11-21Beautiful other than the gun range that can be heard not to far away.
Mick P. 2016-11-18Great place to have a picnic and there trails are fun to walk on.
Melissa G. 2016-11-08PTSD warning, if gunfire is a trigger for you beware. But it's a beautiful park and it has the most magnificent tree I have ever seen. When you...
Joy D. 2016-10-04nice park with mix of easy and harder trails. plus it's close by and can be less packed than the other local state parks.
Judy H. 2016-08-22It's a really family friendly place - look forward to going again soon - it's just one hour away from here.
Cortney L. 2016-07-23People pooped in the pool 2 times today, and it was so over crowed u couldnt move or swim, also parents getting yelled at by police for not watching...
Richard M. 2016-07-21One of my favorite parks for hiking all year long. I like it in winter because I'm usually alone with the dog! Be sure to keep them leashed...
Mary D. 2016-07-12Its beautiful, but in this heat there should be clean water for those buffalo. Today the water looked hot, green and stagnant. One of the buffalo was...
Gerry H. 2016-07-08Took kids and grandkids here! Wonder time! Pretty views.
Brisa C. 2016-05-02Un lugar con muy bonitos senderos para toda la famimia. Y pasear con sus mascotas y saborear de las vosas tan lindas que nos da la naturaleza
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