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Starved Rock State Park is One of the Most Instagrammed State Parks in the U.S.

Looking to get back into nature… just to whip out your smartphone and post pics to Instagram?

You don’t have to travel far to arrive at one of the most popular state parks for Instagram posts!

The walls of Wildcat Canyon rise high above hikers at Starved Rock State Park near Utica, Illinois. © Chelsey Lewis/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Travel Lens posted an article that detailed the most Instagrammable state parks in the United States. And they found that Starved Rock State Park is one of the most popular to make Instagram posts for.

This finding came from a variety of sources that measured metrics like the number of times specific state parks were tagged in posts, reviews of parks, and searches for the parks. Starved Rock took the #7 spot on the list, with the top 7 looking something like this…

  1. Niagra Falls, New York
  2. Valley of Fire, Nevada
  3. Hocking Hills, Ohio
  4. Deception Pass, Washington
  5. Devil’s Lake, Wisconsin
  6. Chimney Rock, North Carolina
  7. Starved Rock, Illinois
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