Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area is an Illinois state park on 198 acres (80 ha) in Jackson and Randolph Counties, Illinois, United States.
![Thumb](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Piney_Creek_Ravine_highlights.png/150px-Piney_Creek_Ravine_highlights.png)
Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area | |
---|---|
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
![]() Piney Creek Ravine | |
Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area | |
Location | Jackson and Randolph Counties, Illinois, USA |
Nearest city | Steeleville, Illinois |
Coordinates | 37°53′56″N 89°38′14″W |
Area | 198 acres (80 ha) |
Established | 1972 |
Governing body | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
One cliff face in the ravine contains several Native American petroglyphs, along with modern graffiti, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
- "Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- USGS. "USGS Welge (IL) Quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Piney_Creek_Ravine_Nature_Preserve_photo.jpg/640px-Piney_Creek_Ravine_Nature_Preserve_photo.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Piney_Creek_Ravine_Nature_Preserve_Rock_Face.jpg/640px-Piney_Creek_Ravine_Nature_Preserve_Rock_Face.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Piney_Creek_Ravine_Dry_Waterfall.jpg/640px-Piney_Creek_Ravine_Dry_Waterfall.jpg)
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.