Gebhard Woods State Park is an
Illinois state park on in
Grundy County,
Illinois
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,
United States
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. Originally was owned by Mrs. William Gebhard, but was bought by the Grundy County Rod & Gun Club in 1934. After paying the $1,500.00, the Rod and Gun club donated the land to Illinois to create the Gebhard Woods State Park.
See also
* The
Shabbona Trail
The Chief Shabbona Trail is a hiking, bicycling and canoeing trail, located between Joliet and Morris, Illinois. The Shabbona Trail is a part of the long National Park Service Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor.
Hiking, b ...
goes through
Channahon State Park
Channahon State Park is an Illinois state park in Will County, Illinois, United States. The park was named after a Native American word meaning "the meeting of the waters". It lies adjacent to the confluence of the Dupage, Des Plaines, and Ka ...
and ends in Gebhard Woods State Park.
* Gebhard Woods is located along the long National Park Service
Illinois and Michigan Canal
The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. In Illinois, it ran from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. The canal crossed the Chicago Por ...
National Heritage Corridor.
References
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External links
National Park Service Illinois & Michigan Canal
State parks of Illinois
Protected areas of Grundy County, Illinois
Protected areas established in 1934
1934 establishments in Illinois
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