#IPW2025

ILLINOIS STATE PARKS AND HISTORIC SITES ATTRACT HIGHEST NUMBER OF VISITORS IN OVER A DECADE

During National Travel and Tourism Week (May 4-10), Governor Pritzker announced that more than 41 million visitors visited Illinois state parks and historic sites, the highest number in nearly 15 years. The surge coincides with increases in investments and efforts by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Illinois Office of Tourism to attract local, national, and international travelers by improving recreational opportunities, investing in park facilities and infrastructure, and featuring Illinois parks and historic sites prominently in the state's Middle of Everything tourism campaign.

IPW 2024

 SAN DIEGO'S 7 BRIDGES HIKE

Park Boulevard Bridge

BALBOA PARK

Start on the east side of Park Boulevard near Village Place and find the entrance to a bridge by one of Balboa Park's sweetest-smelling features: the Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden. Make your way across and toward the park's Bea Evenson Fountain.

Cabrillo Bridge

BALBOA PARK

Head west on El Prado through the heart of Balboa Park and past the California Tower, and you'll reach the iconic Cabrillo Bridge. It was built in 1914 ahead of the Panama-California Exposition and was the state's first multiple-arched cantilever bridge. Back then, a pond flowed below it.