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State Parks in Illinois are anticlimactic (compared to Idaho)

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Reasons to agree : Illinois doesn't have any mountains. Without mountains you don't have good rapids, sking, waterfalls, canyons, views, climbing, etc. Illinois doesn't have very many clean rivers or lakes. Millions of people go to visit Starved Rock State Park each year. Reasons to agree :   Having come from Idaho, I can say that Idaho might be lacking in metropolitan attractions as much as Illinois lacks in scenic natural attractions. We have been to the Zoos, and Major Museums. Fine dinning isn't a big attraction with little kids, we don't go to plays, musicals, or any of that stuff. We often are looking for places to take the kids, let them look at some natural thing that's cool. In Illinois a 100 foot cliff over a river qualifies as a natural tourist attraction. According to their website, millions of people go to visit Starved Rock every year .  However there is nothing much better from the natural work to look at here, and so I guess thi...