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Murphy Lake is a place with many visitors from Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, and Four Lakes is a fine local ski area. Murphy Lake is good enough to spend more than a day at, Joy Of The Game is a good local campground; a golf course nearby is Indian Boundry Golf Course. This lake is so wonderful. After a long day outdoors Hilton Garden Inn Chicago OHare Airport is a wonderful location to spend a night or two. There's so much to do here at Murphy Lake that you
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| | need to camp here for a while, Hi Five Sports Camp is a brilliant location for that.
Not far from Murphy Lake, you'll stumble on Forest Lake which is a wonderful lake; the slopes of Villa Olivia are so inviting noone can resist. During the warm months here at Murphy Lake, high temperatures frequently reach the 80's. For the duration of the dark hours of summer temperatures drop down into the 60's. Throughout the wintertime this place gets highs in the 20's, | |
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and night lows in the 0's for Murphy Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Some of the water close by flows, like Willow Creek, and there's a forest here called Algonquin Woods.
Just can't get enough of Murphy Lake. A brilliant nearby
hotel is Courtyard Chicago O'Hare, and there are other places here than Murphy Lake, for example Park Lake. Murphy Lake gets a normal amount of precipitation; the month of August is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest month is February.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.01333
Longitude: -87.85667
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Four Lakes, Illinois, 19 miles away
100 vertical feet |
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| MORE STUFF NEARBY:
Busse Lake
 | 10 miles away
Not quite warm enough for good fishing.... |
Four Lakes
| 19 miles away
Local ski hill, lots of fun in the winter.... |
Turtlehead Lake
| 19 miles away
Nice bike trails-- not too many people.... |
Villa Olivia
| 21 miles away
Villa Olivia is a great place to bring your family specially of you have small kids. It's like a big snow playground. The slope is not very impressive but it's ok for a quick little mini ski trip.... |
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
 | 23 miles away
The Governor’s office recently announced that the State of Illinois will be closing the I&M and Hennepin Canal State Parks. While it’s unclear whether the State will put ''trail closed'' signs up, there is no apparent money to maintain them and fallen trees, washouts, and other issues will undoubtedly happen. Please help keep this trail open. Express your opinion to the governor’s office. 217-782-0244, 312-814-2121, or www.illinois.gov/helpdesk/contact.cfm and click on the ''Governor’s on Line Contact Form'' ...Illini State Park Campground prices are $10 site plus $10 for Elect.or $20.00 a night for elect. Primative sites are $10 per nite. Holiday rates for 2008 are $30 for a elect. site. And youth group area is $2 per person, min.$20 per night Starved Rock is $25 per nite and $35 on holiday week ends Fri-Mon. Illini campground is permanently closing on Nov. 1,2008 Gov.Blagojevic is closing many nice parks. in region 1, 2, &3 but none in his area.... |
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