Ferne Clyffe State Park is an Illinois state park on 2,430 acres (983 ha) in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The nearest town is Goreville, Illinois, and the nearest connection to a limited-access highway is at Exit 7 on the Illinois portion of Interstate 24. The land for the park was purchased by the state in 1949 from Emma Rebman, and the park is currently operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). The original entrance to the park, located on the outskirts of Goreville, was found to be a potentially hazardous driving route, and was replaced by a new entrance located on Illinois Route 37 in the early 1980s. Although traffic upon it has been practically non-existent since 1982, Ferne Clyffe is also accessible to US Bicycle Route 76 by way of a spur trail along the east side of IL 37.
Ferne Clyffe's acreage holds a number of notable geographic features, including limestone bluffs, naturally forested woodlands, cliff caves, and several small seasonal waterfalls fed by runoff from the upper bluffs in the area.
Ferne Clyffe Lake
In the late 1950s, the IDNR constructed an earthen dam across Buck Branch Creek. An artificial lake, Ferne Clyffe Lake, had filled by 1960.
ferne, clyffe, state, park, illinois, state, park, acres, johnson, county, illinois, united, states, nearest, town, goreville, illinois, nearest, connection, limited, access, highway, exit, illinois, portion, interstate, land, park, purchased, state, 1949, fro. Ferne Clyffe State Park is an Illinois state park on 2 430 acres 983 ha in Johnson County Illinois United States The nearest town is Goreville Illinois and the nearest connection to a limited access highway is at Exit 7 on the Illinois portion of Interstate 24 The land for the park was purchased by the state in 1949 from Emma Rebman and the park is currently operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources IDNR The original entrance to the park located on the outskirts of Goreville was found to be a potentially hazardous driving route and was replaced by a new entrance located on Illinois Route 37 in the early 1980s Although traffic upon it has been practically non existent since 1982 Ferne Clyffe is also accessible to US Bicycle Route 76 by way of a spur trail along the east side of IL 37 Ferne Clyffe State ParkIUCN category III natural monument or feature Waterfall at Ferne Clyffe State Park Big Rocky Hollow Trail June 2009Map of the U S state of Illinois showing the location of Ferne Clyffe State ParkShow map of IllinoisFerne Clyffe State Park the United States Show map of the United StatesLocationJohnson County Illinois USANearest cityGoreville IllinoisCoordinates37 31 46 N 88 58 58 W 37 52944 N 88 98278 W 37 52944 88 98278Area2 430 acres 983 ha Established1949Governing bodyIllinois Department of Natural ResourcesNatural Features EditFerne Clyffe s acreage holds a number of notable geographic features including limestone bluffs naturally forested woodlands cliff caves and several small seasonal waterfalls fed by runoff from the upper bluffs in the area Ferne Clyffe Lake EditIn the late 1950s the IDNR constructed an earthen dam across Buck Branch Creek An artificial lake Ferne Clyffe Lake had filled by 1960 References Edit Ferne Clyffe State Park Illinois Department of Natural Resources Archived from the original on April 2 2007 Retrieved July 11 2018 Ferne Clyffe Lake southeast Illinois findlakes com Retrieved May 24 2008 USGS Ferne Clyffe State Park USGS Goreville IL Quad TopoQuest Retrieved July 5 2008 This Johnson County Illinois location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ferne Clyffe State Park amp oldid 1168284783, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
