Phone +1 217-732-1552 | Area 3.942 km² Established 1971 | |
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Address 1366 1010th Ave, Lincoln, IL 62656, USA Similar Weinberg‑King State Park, Crawford County State Fish, Turkey Bluffs State Fish and, Ramsey Lake State Recreatio, Iroquois County State Wil | ||
The Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 974-acre (394 ha) conservation area located in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located south of Lincoln, Illinois. Founded in 1971 as Railsplitter State Park, it was renamed in 1995 in honor of Edward R. Madigan, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the town of Lincoln and a U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The park is operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).
The horseshoe-shaped park surrounds the former Lincoln Developmental Center, a state facility operated by the Illinois Department of Human Services. One of the park's primary assets is a 2.5-mile (4 km) section of Salt Creek, a major tributary of central Illinois' Sangamon River.
Access and historic roadEdit
Old U.S. Highway 66, now Interstate Business 55, passes through the Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area.
The nearest limited-access exit to the Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area is exit 123 on Interstate 55, where Business 55 intersects with Interstate 55.