Upcoming Events
- National Trails Day Celebration
Description: There is nothing better than stretching your hiking muscles and trekking the trails at Starved Rock State Park on National Trails Day! Bring the family out to enjoy the canyons, overlooks, and canyon waterfalls along the trails and stop in at the Starved Rock Visitor Center between 9 a.m. and Noon to grab a fun “take along” activity on the trails, learn how you can help the park out while enjoying your hike, take a photo with Smoky the Bear and his friend Sadie the Starved Rock Eagle, and try your hand at a few nature themed games in our Eagle’s Roost Cabin. Several organizations will be on hand with outdoor information, activities, and more including the IDNR, Conservation Police, US Army Corps of Engineers, Sierra Club, Canal Corridor Association, and the Starved Rock Lodge.
Date: June 4, 2022
Time: 9 a.m. to Noon, Guided Hikes at 10 a.m. (space is limited to 20 per hike. First come-first served please).
Location: Starved Rock Visitor’s Center and the Eagle’s Roost Cabin
Registration required: No
- Birds of Prey on Display
Description: Rich Escutia will be giving birds of prey shows with his hawks and falcons outside of the Eagle Roost Cabin along the trail behind the Starved Rock Visitor Center. Program presenters like Rich are paid through the Starved Rock Foundation, the park’s non for profit friends group. The program is FREE but donations are welcome inside of the Starved Rock Visitor at the Foundation’s donation boxes.
Dates: May 15th, June 18th, 19th, July 16th, 17th, August 13th, 14th, and September 11th, and 12th, 2022
Time: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Starved Rock Visitor’s Center
Registration required: No
- Flights of Fancy -Bird Photography Show
Description: Bird Photography Exhibit Open to the Public May 1st- June 5th. Silent auction starting Saturday, May 21st and ending on June 5th.
Join us for a photographer’s reception and the end of the silent auction on Sunday, June 5th from 11-3 at the Starved Rock Visitor Center. 25% of each sale will go to the Starved Rock Foundation as a donation to aide repairs needed for the currently inoperable movie theater at the Starved Rock Visitor Center.
Date: May 1 thru June 5th, 2022
Location: Starved Rock Visitor’s Center
2022 Events
January
- January 2nd-31st, Starved Rock Junior Art Show (bald eagles)
- January 2nd, Bird of Prey Live Show
- January 8th, Starved Rock Saplings Storytime (bald eagles)
- January 29th and 30th, Eagle Watch Weekend
February
- February 1st-28th, Starved Rock Art Show
- February 6th, Midwest Ice Climbing Presentation
- February 12th, Starved Rock Saplings Storytime (animal tracks)
March
- March 6th, Starved Rock Murders presentation and book signing by author Steve Stout
- March 12th, Starved Rock Saplings Storytime (maple syruping)
April
- April 3rd, Live Reptile and Amphibian Show by Dave’s Traveling Reptile Show
- April 10th, Art in the Park Workshop with Park Naturalist and artist Lisa Sons (Illinois Canyon bluebells)
- April 30th and May 1st, Wildflower Walks with a Naturalist Spring Event
May
- May 1st-31st, Flights of Fancy -Bird Photography Show
- May 14th & 15th, Falconry with Rich Escutia (live birds of prey) outside program
June
- June 4th, National Trails Day Celebration
- June 18 & 19th, Falconry with Rich Escutia (live birds of prey) outside program
July
- July 16th & 17th, Falconry with Rick Escutia (live birds of prey) outside program
- July 30th, Junior Ranger Day
August
- August 13th & 14th, Falconry with Rich Escutia (live birds of prey) outside program
September
- September 10th & 11th, Falconry with Rich Escutia (live birds of prey) outside program
- September 11th, Art in the Park Workshop with Park Naturalist and artist Lisa Sons (Fall Colors)
October
- October 2nd, Mushrooms of Illinois, A Photographic Journey Through the Seasons
- October 15th & 16th, Fall Colors Special Event Weekend
- October 29th, Ghosts of Starved Rock’s Past
November
- November 6th, Big Wolf Run Ranch (live animal program)
- November 12th & 13th, Women’s Wilderness Workshop
December
- December 1st-31st, Starved Rock Photography Show
- December 4th, Director of Anthropology, Illinois State Museum, Logan Pappenfort (presentation theme/title to be announced)