| Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area | |
| Iucn Category: | III |
| Map: | Illinois#USA |
| Map Width: | 150 |
| Location: | DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nearest City: | Shabbona, Illinois |
| Coords: | 41.7394°N -88.8522°W |
| Area: | 1550acres |
| Established: | 1978 |
| Governing Body: | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 1550acres in Shabbona Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Shabbona Lake is a man-made lake created in 1975 by damming the (Big) Indian Creek, a tributary of the Fox River. Its name derives from the Potawatomi leader Shabbona.[1]
Seventy miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, urban landscape gives way to of rolling prairie and a man-made fishing lake.[2]