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South East • Mermet Lake • Newton Lake • Beall Woods • Pyramid • Cache River • Ramsey Lake • Cape Bend • Red Hills • Cave-In-Rock • Rend Lake • Crawford County • Sahara Woods • Devil’s Island • Saline County • Dixon Spring • Sam Dale Lake • Ferne Cliff • Sam Parr • • Sielbeck Forest • Fox Ridge • Stephen A. Forbes • Giant City • Ten Mile Creek • Golconda Marina • • Hamilton County • Tunnel Hill Girl Scouts Love State Parks! • Horseshoe Lake-Alexander • Union County • Kinkaid Lake • Wayne Fitzgerrell Girl Scouts recognizes the importance of • Lake Murphysboro exposing girls to the outdoors, especially • Little Grassy Lake during a time when families are • Lincoln Trail practicing social distancing and might not be able to spend much time in nature. The Girl Scouts Love State Parks events include opportunities to get outside and to engage with nature safely from home by giving you links to virtually explore state parks across the gsofsi.org country.

Girl Scouts of State Park Photo Contest!!

Are you going to visit a State Park during Girl Scouts Love State Parks weekend September 12-13 and want to show off your adventure. Click here to submit your photo to be entered in a drawing to win a prize from the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois. In partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Inside page 1 Inside page 2 Inside page 3

Activities South West Illinois Self-guided Patch Program • Carlyle Lake 50 State Park Tour • Eldon Hazlet • Download and complete the Girl Scouts • Visit GSUSA’s interactive map highlighting 50 • Frank Holten Love State Parks Passport. different States Parks across the USA. • Fults Hill Prairie • Complete one or more of the activities • Learning something new about 1 park from • Horseshoe Lake – Madison listed on September 12 – 13th. each from state. • Illinois Caverns • Order the Girl Scouts Love State Park • Choose a park's virtual event to attend during • Kaskaskia River Patch. Girl Scouts Love State Parks weekend. • Kidd Lake • For more fun, work on an outdoor badge • Peabody River King series during yourvisit to a State Enter Photo Contest • Pere Marquette Park. Choose from Adventure, Art in the • Plan a trip to any State Park and visit during the • Piney Creek Outdoors, Environmental Stewardship, weekend of September 12 -13, 2020. • Randolph County Outdoor, Outdoor Explorer, Climbing • Take photos of your adventures and submit • Turkey Bluffs Adventure, or Trail Adventure badges them online by September 17th, 2020. • Washington County which corresponds to your level. • World Shooting and Recreation Complex Goin’ Fishing • Download this Beginner’s Guide to Fishing. Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois • Learn knots used in fishing. State Park Patch Program • Go bait hunting. • Load up your gear and relax while you cast off into an adventure. Have fun identifying the Want to earn more patches? Check out one fish you catch. of our 3 State Parks that have an exclusive Girl Scout of Southern Illinois State Park Big Birding Day Patch. Download the activity book, plan • Download Birds in Illinois booklet to select the your trip to the park, complete required best birding areas in Illinois. activities based on your GS level, and mail in • Grab your binoculars and a bird guide. your order form. Click here for Beall Woods, • Visit your parks and keep a record of all the Cache River or Giant City State Park patch birds you see and hear. Draw pictures of the activity booklets. birds you see or create a sound map of where you heard the birds in the park.

Learn about IL State Parks! Forest Bathing Trying to figure out which State Park will • Choose a State Park that speaks to you. be the best for your next trip. Check out • Move through the forest slowlyso you can see the Illinois State Park Magazine to see a and feel more. complete listing of all Illinois State Parks • Take long breaths deep into the abdomen and amenities across Illinois. • Turn off all electronic devices while in the woods.