Giant City State Park is an Illinois state park on 4,000 acres in Jackson and Union Counties, Illinois, United States. Illinois acquired more than 1,100 …
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Mar 22, 2025
This park was very nice! We did 3 hikes: Indian Creek, Giant City, and Devil's Standtable Nature Trails. They were easy and although terrain is rugged in parts. We liked Giant City Nature Trail the …Full review by Kris N
May 28, 2024
This place is amazing. There are so many hiking trails in the park & several outside of it. The trails are marked well & the degree of difficulty is spot on. The Giant City trail is a must, it is inc…Full review by U5930LBtracyr
May 22, 2024
We had just a few hours to spend before heading home from our Southern Illinois trip - and this park was just right. They have a nice new visitor center with picnic tables in the shade (great for ou…Full review by Cello12345
HI , Can I plan a two day meeting with 10 single rooms and a meeting room for february 21-22 for 10 people with food /bev and a/v? the web site and the phone number doesn't allow me or I am not savey enough to figure it out. lol
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Not sure about the a/v part, but the lodge itself (no accomodation, just a grand lodge and dining room) is a nice space.... i think there’s a smaller dining room off to the …
Not sure about the a/v part, but the lodge itself (no accomodation, just a grand lodge and dining room) is a nice space.... i think there’s a smaller dining room off to the side of the main dining area, so that might work for your group meetings or whatever.... as for lodging, if you have 20+ people, you’ll have to rent multiple cabins. Some sleep 2 and others 4, if i’m not mistaken. I’d go for the bigger cabins, but they’re pricier. Hope this helps!
Is there a mountain, or something you can climb? Preferably one with boulders (to climb) as opposed to a simple hiking trail?
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no mountain, but many sandstone cliffs along a river valley..... back in the day, like in the 80's, giant city was a rappelling destination, but not sure nowadays..... prolly better to …
no mountain, but many sandstone cliffs along a river valley..... back in the day, like in the 80's, giant city was a rappelling destination, but not sure nowadays..... prolly better to make the relatively short trek to little grand canyon, where there are more aggressive trails.... hope this helps...happy trails!!
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