Starved Rock State Park features sandstone canyons and waterfalls. Rock Cut State Park, the largest state park in northern Illinois, is popular for mountain biking, fishing, and camping.

The park also features beautiful trails, the longest of which, Sentinel Trail (more than 1.3 miles), leads to the awe-inspiring Sentinel Rock. Pere Marquette State Park ...

Recent testing showed the hair was a genetic match to three brothers, one of whom died on March 16, 1960 — the same day the women’s bodies were discovered at Starved Rock State Park, the judge ...

There will be no new trial for the man known as the Starved Rock Killer, convicted in the death of a woman in the Illinois state park in 1960. Attorneys for 86-year-old Chester Weger had been ...

Arizona: Slide Rock State Park The name says it all: Slide Rock State Park is home to one of the biggest natural slip n’ slides and one of the best natural swimming pools in the United States.

Starved Rock Murder Trial Weger Chester Weger, 21, who police say has admitted the Starved Rock State Park in Illinois slayings of three women, is shown Nov. 17, 1960. CHARLES KNOBLOCK, ASSOCIATED ...

Chester Weger awaits deliberation in his trial over the slaying of three Riverside, Ill. women at Starved Rock State Park in March 1960, March 2, 1961. Weger said, "I feel I'll be acquitted." ...

OGLESBY — A man has broken both of his legs in a fall from a canyon ledge in Starved Rock State Park. Assistant Chief Ed Rogers of the Utica Fire Protection District says firefighters found the ...

Tripadvisor’s “The 10 Best Illinois Campgrounds 2025,” sorted by “best value,” named spots in East St. Louis, Herod, ...