Fox Ridge State Park
For Memorial Day weekend this year, we decided that we wanted to do a closer trip and visit a friend, instead of a hiking trip with multiple parks. We settled on Fox Ridge State Park as our only hiking destination on this trip. Fox Ridge SP is in Charleston, IL, about 3 hours and 15…
Sielbeck Forest SNA & Mermet Lake SFWA
The final day of our big hiking trip in April 2026 had us going to two parks: Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area and Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area. Sielbeck Forest is in Belknap, IL, about 6 hours south of Chicago, or about half an hour north of Paducah, KY. Mermet Lake is also…
Fort Massac State Park
On the fourth day of our Metropolis trip, we hit an extremely exciting milestone: Park 100! We spent a lot of time thinking about which park to visit for the occasion, and we settled on Fort Massac State Park. Fort Massac is located right within Metropolis, on the Ohio River. Metropolis is a 5 hour…
