What Illinois Residents Should Know When Parking at Starved Rock Have you started filling up your summer calendar with plans yet? If you're from Illinois, then you know Starved Rock State Park has to make the summer bucket list. However, this summer is going to be different than the rest. Everyone has pretty much been inside/at home for the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We're like animals that have been inside a cage for too long. Now that the cages are starting to open, it's basically like one giant zoo. We've been cooped up at home, and now we want to do all the things.