Gebhard Woods State Park
401 Ottawa Street, Morris, IL 60450
Canoeing & Kayaking
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Hikers, campers, picnickers, and canoeists frequent this 30-acre site, making it one of the state's most popular state parks.
Fishing, boating and bird watching are also popular activities. This picturesque park is bordered on the south by the Illinois & Michigan Canal and to the north by Nettle Creek which gently flows along the perimeter and through the park adding to its natural beauty and abundance of wildlife. Stately old trees including walnut, oak, ash, maple, sycamore, hawthorn and cottonwood provide ample shade throughout the park. In the spring, trillium, bluebell, white trout lily, violets, wild ginger, phlox, toothwort and spring beauties are just a sample of the wildflowers that can be enjoyed by park visitors.