Illinois Amish Interpretive Center - 411 S. Locust Street, Arcola, IL 61910, 2117/268-3599 or toll-free 888-45AMISH. Hours:  10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday; December through March 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; closed all Sundays and some holidays.  Call ahead for tour reservations and admission fees.  Amish history and culture in Illinois.
Walnut Point State Fish and Wildlife Area - 2331 E. County Road 370 N., Oakland, IL 61943, 217/346-3336.  Hiking, picnicking, fishing, camping, and other outdoor activities.  Call for hours and admission information.

PLEASE NOTE:  It should go without saying, but HOUSE assumes absolutely no responsibility for anything that occurs while you are partaking of a field trip with your family.  In addition, please contact the site of your field trip before you go to verify that you have current information on hours, admission prices, and other details.  The field trip information herein has been gathered in an exhaustive search of the various counties and localities on the web.  The information is thus only as accurate and current as the information on the various web sites from which it was gathered.

If you have information about field trip possibilities in your area, please drop us an email at admin@illinoishouse.org and let us know about it, including the county name, so that we can review and possibly include it in our Field Trip Idea pages.  If you have a brochure about a field trip site that you would like to mail to us, please mail it to c/o P.O. Box 74, Ringwood, IL  60072

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