Allen Park

Picnic on the river.

Nice fall day, we packed sandwiches, snacks and blanket. Nice views and plenty of parking. Nice enjoyable afternoon.

Watch the river flow by

While exploring Ottawa, we spent 30 minutes in the riverside park. I marveled at the old raised railroad bridge from a bench on the shore. There are several pavilions spread the length of the park wi...

Fun little park next to the River

This is a nice little park next to the Illinois river that has play set for kids and is nice play just to relax and watch the river traffic. However if there is any substantial rain in the area the p...

nice small park

This is a nice small but pretty and peaceful park. It is by the river. This is a great place for a family picnic or lunch by the water. The geese there are funny too.

duck and dog poop everywhere

we took our dogs down here to get used to the water....omg...we were appalled had not been down here for a year or so and there was duck and dog poop everywhere...dead fish, dirty diapers, disgusting!...