Finally! Fall Colors at Shabbona Lake

First time to Shabbona Lake State Park up in DeKalb county today.  More colors up north than around home.  Grass and dirt (mud) trails.  Nice area.  Saw lots of Canadian geese on the lake and one blue heron but it was too hard to get a picture of the heron.  The trail is well marked, but would have been nice to have mile markers on the posts. 

The park itself is a mix of prairie, maple, oaks, and pines.

There is also a campground with 150 sites, all with electricity, but the prices seemed a little high for a state park campground.

Trailhead to the lake.

 Some of the colors across the lake.

 

 

Prairie meeting up with maples. 

One of the picnic areas. 

 

 

 

 Lots of berries for the snow birds that will stay the winter. 

 A new oak, maybe 5" tall.