Ferne Clyffe State Park

Infobox_protected_area | name = Ferne Clyffe State Park, Illinois, USA
iucn_category = III


caption = Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Ferne Clyffe State Park
locator_x = 170
locator_y = 354
location = Johnson County, Illinois, USA
nearest_city = Goreville, Illinois
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 31
lat_seconds = 46
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 88
long_minutes = 58
long_seconds = 58
long_direction = W
area = convert|2430|acre|km2|2|lk=on
established = 1949
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Ferne Clyffe State Park is an Illinois state park on convert|2430|acre|km2|2| 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).

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.

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.

References

*cite web |url= http://dnr.state.il.us/Lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R5/FERNE.HTM |title= Ferne Clyffe - State Park|accessdate=2007-04-05|publisher = Illinois Department of Natural Resources
*cite web |url= http://findlakes.com/ferne_clyffe_lake_illinois~il00027.htm |title= Ferne Clyffe Lake, southeast Illinois|accessdate=2008-05-24|publisher = findlakes.com
*cite news | author= USGS | url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?latd=37&latm=31&lats=46&lond=88&lonm=58&lons=58&datum=NAD83&u=6| title= Ferne Clyffe State Park, USGS Goreville (IL) Quad | publisher= TopoQuest | accessdate= 2008-07-05