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Across the Illinois River from Starved Rock State Park, it was a refuge for the Illinois Indians when Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet arrived by boat in 1673. At this park you can hike along the river bluffs, rent bikes, and see a few bison, and it is adjacent to the Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail.
Buffalo Rock State Park & Effigy Tumuli is an Illinois state park on 298 acres (121 ha) in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The park sits across the Illinois River from Starved Rock State Park, just south of the Illinois and Michigan Canal trail. According to legend, it was once used as a "blind canyon" for Indians to capture buffalo. Effigy Tumuli, an art exhibit on the park property, consists of five earth art animal sculptures native to the Illinois River. It was constructed as a tribute to Native American tradition. The park is located 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Utica, Illinois, and approximately 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Chicago, Illinois. Its sandstone bluffs were carved by the Illinois River near the end of the Pleistocene epoch, and now serves as a State Park for local residents and tourists.
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Greek Revival home that was an important station on the Underground Railroad where something like 13 fugitive slaves were hidden by the owner, that ultimately led to him getting busted at one point for violating the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Private residence now.
A tiny island on the river, on which a 2001 Volvo is placed.