Ferne Clyffe State Park

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Ferne Clyffe State Park, Illinois, USA
IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)
Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Ferne Clyffe State Park
Location	Johnson County, Illinois, USA
Nearest city	Goreville, Illinois
Coordinates	37°31′46″N 88°58′58″W / 37.52944, -88.98278
Area	2,430 acres (9.83 km²)
Established	1949
Governing body	Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Ferne Clyffe State Park is an Illinois state park on 2,430 acres (9.83 km²) in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The nearest town in Goreville, Illinois, and the nearest limted-access highway exit is Exit 7 on the Illinois portion of Interstate 24. The land for the park was purchased by the state in 1949 from Emma Rebman, and the park is currently operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).

[edit] Natural Features

Ferne Clyffe's acreage holds a number of notable geographic features, including limestone bluffs, naturally forested woodlands, cliff caves, and several semall seasonal waterfalls fed by runoff from the upper bluffs in the area.

[edit] Ferne Clyffe Lake

In the late 1950s, the IDNR constructed an earthen dam across Buck Branch Creek. An artificial lake, Ferne Clyffe Lake, had filled by 1960.

[edit] References

• Ferne Clyffe - State Park. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
• Ferne Clyffe Lake, southeast Illinois. findlakes.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
• USGS. "Ferne Clyffe State Park, USGS Goreville (IL) Quad", TopoZone. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. 

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