Kickapoo Canyon

Kickapoo Canyon: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Kickapoo Canyon

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Kickapoo Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.31892, -88.99911. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Kickapoo Canyon

• Starved Rock State Park · sanctuary · LaSalle · ~1 km · Must-see
• Matthiessen State Park · sanctuary · LaSalle · ~5 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Rock State Park · sanctuary · LaSalle · ~8 km · Must-see
• Volvo Island · attraction · LaSalle · ~22 km · Must-see
• Illini State Park · sanctuary · LaSalle · ~27 km · Must-see
• Lake Depue State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Bureau · ~35 km · Must-see
• Donnelley State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Putnam · ~35 km · Must-see
• LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · LaSalle · ~40 km · Must-see
• Senachwine Lake · lake · Putnam · ~42 km · Must-see
• Bartlett Woods Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Lee · ~46 km · Must-see
• Owen Lovejoy Homestead · fort · Bureau · ~47 km · Must-see
• Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge - Billsbach Unit · sanctuary · Marshall · ~51 km · Must-see
• Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge - Cameron Unit · sanctuary · Marshall · ~54 km · Must-see
• Gebhard Woods State Park · park · Grundy · ~59 km · Must-see
• William G. Stratton State Park · park · Grundy · ~61 km · Must-see
• Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area · lake · DeKalb · ~61 km · Must-see
• Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Kendall · ~65 km · Must-see
• Farnsworth House · sanctuary · Kendall · ~65 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Kickapoo Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Kickapoo Canyon

• Fabyan Windmill · viewpoint · Kane · ~105 km · Must-see
• Aurora Canyon · viewpoint · LaSalle · ~0 km
• French Canyon · viewpoint · LaSalle · ~1 km
• Starved Rock · viewpoint · LaSalle · ~1 km
• Beehive Overlook · viewpoint · LaSalle · ~2 km
• Basswood Canyon · viewpoint · LaSalle · ~2 km
• Devil's Paint Box · viewpoint · LaSalle · ~5 km
• Council Overhang · viewpoint · LaSalle · ~6 km
• Buffalo Rock · viewpoint · LaSalle · ~7 km
• Catfish Effigy · viewpoint · LaSalle · ~8 km

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