Ferne Clyffe State Park, Illinois, United States
4.5 (51 reviews) Spent More than 3 hours Ranking #1 in Goreville State Parks • Nature & Wildlife Areas
Amazing park
Traveling through the area we spent two days here. Amazing hiking and campground is beautiful. Highly recommend if your in the area to stop and stay or at least spend the day there hiking the many trails and seeing the multitude of waterfalls.
Address
IL Rt. 37, Goreville, Illinois, United States.
Website
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/Pages/FerneClyffe.aspx
Current local date and time now
Thursday, May 09, 2024, 19:27
User Ratings
4.5 based on (51 reviews)
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Reviews
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5jmpncsu 5:00 PM Dec 8, 2020
Beautiful Caves and Waterfalls
We stopped at Ferne Clyffe State Park while traveling in the Shawnee Hills. It was a really beautiful little park. The main waterfall wasn't flowing when we visited but the gorge is beautiful and its an easy hike. We also hiked to Hawk's Cave, which is a massive shelter cave. This was really cool and the highlight of our visit. It was raining on and off so we hung out in the cave to stay dry. We also visited Bork's Waterfall in a different part of the park. Not much water flowing here, but another beautiful little gorge. I really liked this park and would definitely come back again if in the area.
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5Ward K 5:00 PM Jul 17, 2022
Excellent, peaceful one night stay traveling through the area.
We were looking for a place to dorms a summer weeknight (Tuesday) on our way through the area. It was an inexpensive, peaceful evening in a beautiful park. Easy hike to see the waterfall area and cool rock formations was a bonus. Shower house wasn’t amazing, but it existed and did the job. We had electric hookups which was very nice.
