Shabbona Lake State Park

Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 1,550 acres (630 ha) in Shabbona Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Shabbona Lake is a man-made lake created in 1975 by damming the (Big) Indian Creek, a tributary of the Fox River. Its name derives from the Potawatomi leader Shabbona.^[2]

Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Hiking trail and Shabbona Lake, Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area, November 2013
Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area Show map of Illinois Shabbona Lake State Park (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location	DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S.
Nearest city	Shabbona, Illinois
Coordinates	41°44′22″N 88°51′08″W[1]
Area	1,550 acres (630 ha)
Established	1978
Governing body	Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Seventy miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, urban landscape gives way to 1,550 acres (630 ha) of rolling prairie and a 318.8 acres (129.0 ha) man-made fishing lake.^[3]

On March 21, 2025, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation authorizing the transfer of ownership of the park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.^[4]