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If you are in this part of Illinois make sure to pay a visit to Quarry Lake. Quarry Lake is a delightful location to visit for more than one day, Empress Rv Resort is a delightful location to camp nearby; if you're dropping by from Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, you won't be the only one. There's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby Villa Olivia. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Quarry Lake has to offer, you can camp at Martin Campground-joliet,
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This lake is so wonderful. A great forest in the neighborhood of Quarry Lake is Heritage Woods; why not spend some time golfing at a nearby golf course like Springbrook Golf Course. Now, you may imagine that's a load but there's even more entertaining stuff to do here at Quarry Lake. Really splendid skiing awaits you at Four Lakes, and after a long day outdoors Springhill Suites By Marriott Warrenville | |
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is a glorious place to spend a night or two. If you get bored of Quarry Lake, you could also take a look at nearby Four Lakes; Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor is a very delightful spot to pop by.
This lake
is so wonderful. Dry warm beds await you at Residence Inn By Marriott Chicago Naperville; whitewater paddling is splendid on Fox River. Throughout the warm months highs here at Quarry Lake get into the 80's with night lows in the
60's. For the duration of the wintertime this place gets highs in the 20's, and night lows during the winter for Quarry Lake tend to be in the 10's. An average amount of rain falls at Quarry Lake; June is the wettest month with most
rain, and February is when it's the driest.
Why not pop by Fawell Dam if you're here; in the event that you don’t have a problem getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Des Plaines.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.77028
Longitude: -88.15389
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Four Lakes, Illinois, 5 miles away
100 vertical feet |
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Des Plaines, Will CountyCounty, 10 miles away
Class I-II - 4 miles long (Fishnet Rapids) |
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Fox River, DuPage/Kane CountyCounty, 12 miles away
Class I-II(IV) - 0.05 miles long (Batavia Dam) |
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Des Plaines
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To inspect for log jams beneath the gravel pit access bridge directly east of Romeoville High School, you are allowed to drive up to, but not ACROSS the bridge, according to a security gaurd at the gravel pit. To check for log jams, I'd park BEFORE the bridge, and get out and walk across the bridge, looking over the railing. Also, there's a spot where you can walk up to the river edge. Facing east, it will be on your right, before the bridge. I'm uploading a photo dated April 12, 2002. It's a view of that bridge, taken from the water, looking southwest.... |
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.... |
Fox River
| 11 miles away
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.... |
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.... |
Busse Lake
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Not quite warm enough for good fishing.... |
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2 miles away
