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Peck Lake is a great lake in an area with lots of outdoors fun all around. This lake is so wonderful. A lake nearby is Nelson Lake, and Eagle Brook Country Club is a wonderful golf course close by. Life's too short to enjoy all the entertaining stuff right next door to Peck Lake. There's so much to do here at Peck Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Buffalo Park Campground is a splendid location for that; Peck Lake is not the only spot close by, Mooseheart
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Stay the night at Hide-A-Way Lakes, and there's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby Villa Olivia. An average amount of precipitation falls at Peck Lake; most of the rain falls during June, and February meanwhile is the driest month. If you need a spot to stay Fairfield Inn And Suites By Marriott St Charles is a magnificent choice; nearby you locate the Beaver Dam Hiking and Cross-Country Ski Trail which is a tremendous | |
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A wonderful close by hotel is Hotel Baker; Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park (Snowboarding only - no skiing) has great slopes and a friendly staff. This lake is so wonderful. There are some great whitewater spots on
Fox River; going for a hike on the Fox Ridge Nature Trail is always a nice adventure. For the duration of the summertime highs here at Peck Lake reach the 80's, and all through summer nights temperatures are in the 60's. Through the wintertime this place gets highs in the 20's, and winter nights come with lows in the 0's to Peck Lake.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.86778
Longitude: -88.36083
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Four Lakes, Illinois, 20 miles away
100 vertical feet |
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Fox River, DuPage/Kane CountyCounty, 4 miles away
Class I-II(IV) - 0.05 miles long (Batavia Dam) |
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Fox River
| While there is limited whitewater, the Fox River has many put ins and take outs from just south of Elgin all the way to just north of the confluence of the Fox and the Illinois River. There are miles of quiet country scenery on the section of the river from Yorkville south (about 15 miles) There is an outfitter at the dam in Yorkville (Freeman's Sports)who rents canoes by the day and will provide shuttle service. There are sandstone cliffs near Sheridan. There are campgrounds along the river south of Yorkville for those who want to spend more than one day on the river. Be sure to be aware of where the dams are, they are dangerous. There are no dams south of Yorkville except the Dayton Dam which is a hydroelectric dam that prevents passage beyond Wedron.... |
Villa Olivia
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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
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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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