Shabbona Lake State Park

Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area
Hiking trail and Shabbona Lake, Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area, November 2013
Map showing the location of Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area
Map showing the location of Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area
Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area
Map showing the location of Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area
Map showing the location of Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area
Shabbona Lake State Park (the United States)
LocationDeKalb County, Illinois, U.S.
Nearest cityShabbona, Illinois
Coordinates41°44′22″N 88°51′08″W / 41.73944°N 88.85222°W / 41.73944; -88.85222[1]
Area1,550 acres (630 ha)
Established1978
Governing bodyIllinois Department of Natural Resources

Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 1,550 acres (630 ha) in Shabbona Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Shabbona Lake is a man-made lake created in 1975 by damming the (Big) Indian Creek, a tributary of the Fox River. Its name derives from the Potawatomi leader Shabbona.[2]

Seventy miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, urban landscape gives way to 1,550 acres (630 ha) of rolling prairie and a 318.8 acres (129.0 ha) man-made fishing lake.[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shabbona Lake State Recreational Area
  2. ^ Hancock, Peter (March 2, 2024). "Native Tribe Seeks Return of Ancestral Land in DeKalb County". WTTW News.
  3. ^ "Parks". www.dnr.illinois.gov. Retrieved May 28, 2019.