Nauvoo State Park

About Nauvoo State Park

His first name is Quashquema (Indian word for "peaceful place"), and his current name was Nauga State Park, after his original name, Naugatoo National Park.

Nauvoo State Park, in the western part of Illinois, about 30 miles north of Chicago, is the historic city.

The 13-hectare lake with a mile shoreline includes an old-growing forest, a small stream and a few small streams. In summer, people return to this quiet area to relax in the park, celebrate the annual wine festival and experience the history of this area. Naugatoo National Park and nearby Nauga National Forest have been converted into nature reserves.

If you visit the area in spring, you will find that it has been burned because the grasses need to be burned regularly for the prairie to renew. Here grow various wild flowers such as blackberries, peaches, cherries, apples, pears, oranges and oranges.

Deer, skunks, opossums and raccoons are just some of the animals that visit Nauvoo State Park as their homes. The welcome mat is mainly for forest ducks, which nest almost everywhere, but also cardinals and gold finches are to be found here, as well as birds of prey such as owls, falcons and geese. It is a great place for birdwatching and a good place to camp in the winter months.

In Nauvoo, a contract for 200 bags of maize has been signed and it looks like a closed and protected area with lots of trees and grasses and a small stream.

In 1834, the name of the eastern real estate speculator was changed again to Commerce and later Commerce City. The first post office in Hancock County was founded in 1832 in Nauvoo, with a mailbox at the corner of Main Street and Main Avenue.

The city received a special charter from the Illinois Legislature and was incorporated, the name being changed to Nauvoo. In 1839, a group of so-called Mormons from Utah, New Mexico and other states settled here in the hope of escaping religious persecution. Missionaries like Brigham Young converted thousands of people, causing people to migrate to the area.

The city grew as the economy and industry flourished and Nauvoo became the largest city in Illinois.

By 1844, Chicago's population had surpassed that of New York City, Chicago, St. Louis and other major cities. With the boom came the increase in crime, but the city also grew, with an economy, thriving industries and a large number of residents.

Lawlessness played a big role when LDS founder Joseph Smith was shot, but the mood among Mormons was not favorable, and many people blamed them for lawlessness. The religious differences that led to Mormons settling in Nauvoo also led to some of them leaving the country.

Some were expelled from Illinois in 1846, and the majority went to Utah under Brigham Young.
Others migrated to Texas and Michigan, but some, including Joseph Smith's family, remained in Nauvoo and founded the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS).

Nauvoo State Park offers 150 parking spaces, evenly distributed among the A and B-grade youth groups, and centrally located throughout the park. Campers must obtain a residence permit from the park office, and groups of 25 or more must have received prior permission before entering the park. Please remember to ask permission at least 30 minutes before the start of each day of camping in the area of B-Youth.

If you want to picnic during your visit to Nauvoo State Park, you are in luck: the park has two picnic and play areas covering a total of 20 hectares. In addition to playground equipment for children, there are two shelters, one of which is equipped with a table, stove and two shelters. There is a large lake, good - for anglers who want to catch a catch, as well as a picnic area with picnic tables and picnic benches.

A ball diamond and two parking spaces are equipped with equipment, as well as a picnic area with picnic tables, picnic benches and picnic chairs.

The main park path, Locust Lane, is 1.5 km away and displays some of the park's best features. Hikers can see and hear a variety of birds as the path winds from the lake into a wooded area and back.

A short walk leads to the picnic area near the dam and there is also a picnic area with picnic tables, picnic benches and picnic chairs. There are also wheelchair-accessible picnic areas and disabled parking spaces on the campsites.

Joseph Smith began building the temple in the early 1840s and it measures 128 by 88 feet and is four stories high. It is equipped with an octagonal tower of 82 feet and measures 1800 square meters.

The church elder William Weeks was the architect and supervised the work of dozens of skilled craftsmen. In fact, it is said to be the most beautiful building in the West at the time, although the cost of materials was estimated at millions of dollars. The temple was never completed because Smith was assassinated that year and services were held in an incomplete first temple in 1844.

In 1848, arsonists set the temple on fire, and three years later a tornado completely destroyed the first temple and the second temple in the same area of the city of Nuvoo.

The stone temple has been integrated into other Nauvoo buildings, and some of the original architectural features are visible throughout Nauvoo. A decorative cap on a pilaster in the temple was placed in a covered cage to protect it from direct sunlight and rain. The Sunstone, known for its radiant shape, is one of 30 stones that decorate the columns.

The pilaster also has a star stone that still exists today, and the sunstone exhibited in Nauvoo is one of only two known. The other was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1989 and is on loan from the LDS Church. It is exhibited at the original temple site, but is now on loan to the Utah State Park Department of Natural Resources.

French politician Etienne Cabet, who wrote several books, including a story about the utopian community's journey to Ikaria, was born by the Nauvoo leaders. Three years after the Mormon exodus, NauVoo transformed from the state's largest city into a ghost town in 1844. In 1849 Joseph Smith and his son-in-law John Smith heard about the empty town and decided to settle it. Today, both the LDS and the RLDS have restored houses and shops on the site, as well as a museum, a public library and a park, all open year-round.

The colony dissolved a few years later when the group considered their communal way of life to be impractical. After their separation, however, the Ikarians introduced viticulture and wine-making to the area. The first vineyards in Nauvoo still exist and are maintained by the park staff, although most of the local vineyards have disappeared. Many former cellars stand empty, such as the one from which the internationally award-winning blue cheese is made.

A Mormon house built in the 1840s, converted by Icarists and later owned by Rheinberger's family, is now a museum in Nauvoo State Park. The restored house has a wine cellar and a press room and has an extensive collection of historical photos of the Ikarians and their winemaking. Also here is one of the first vineyards Nauvoos, which produced grapes in the mid-19th century.

The museum is operated by the Nauvoo Historical Society and displays artifacts from all periods of Nauvoo history in the museum. It is open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 5 pm. M. and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. , 12 noon to 4 pm, and Monday and Tuesday from 1 pm to 6 pm.

The Nauvoo Wine Festival, which takes place every year on the first Sunday in August from 1 to 5 July, coincides with the ripening of the grapes. The festival includes an hour-long programme that tells the Nauvoos the history of wine and cheese, as well as a variety of food and drinks. An old French rite called the Wedding of Wine and Cheese is followed by a procession that has been honouring two of NauVoo's industries for more than 50 years.

The Nauvoo Art Festival, an annual celebration of arts and crafts, is held in the southern part of Balldiamond.

From Chicago, take I-74 westbound to I80 and Rte 67 south to the entrance to Illinois State Park and then eastbound from I74 to Nauvoo State Park. From Chicago: From Rt 67 take South on Rtes 136, then westbound on Interstate 80 and southbound on I 80. West of Rts 136, head west on Rne 96 and north on Interstate 84, or take North on West Rde 34 and South RTE 67 to the east.

From Springfield: From Rte 136 take Rte 97 southbound on I-84 and then eastbound on Interstate 84 to Nauvoo State Park. West of Rt 96 take Rts 136 east, then take south on Re 96 and north on Interstate 84. From Chicago: From R Te 96 take I-84 westbound and north Rde 34 and south RTE 67.

From Chicago: From Rte 96 take I-84 westbound and Rde 34 north and south RTE 67 to Nauvoo State Park. West of Rt 96 take Rts 136 east, then take south on Re 96 and east on Interstate 84 and then north on I-84. From Chicago, from R Te 96: Take Rtes 96 east and west, north of the Illinois River, south of Interstate 88, west of Illinois State Parkway, east of Route 66 and northwest of State Highway 35 into the park.