Giant City State Park - 235 Giant City State Park, Makanda, IL 62958, 618/457-4836.  Within Shawnee National Forest.  Visitors center with interpretive displays, fishing, hunting, hiking, and other outdoor activities.  Call for hours and admission information.
Jackson County Historical Center and Society - 1616 Edith Street, Murphysboro, IL.  Hours: Wednesday and Friday noon to 3:00 p.m.; Thursday noon to 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  Local history.  Send email for admission information.
Kinkaid Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area - 52 Cinder Hill Drive, Murphysboro, IL 62966, 618/684-2867.  Picnicking, fishing, camping, and other outdoor activities.  Call for hours and admission information.
Lake Murphysboro State Park - 52 Cinder Hill Drive, Murphysboro, IL 62966, 618/684-2867.  Archery range, picnicking, hiking, and other outdoor activities.  Call for hours and admission information.
The General John A. Logan Museum - 1613 Edith St. in Murphysboro, IL 62966, 618/684-3455.  Hours:  March 1 to May 31 and September 1 through November 30: Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; June 1 to August 31: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; December 1 through February 28/29: by appointment only; Special Hours for certain traveling exhibits - see web site for details.  Admission:  Suggested donation: $2/adult, $1/child.  Reservations should be made if your group is of 10 or more people.  History of General Logan and his role in the Civil War, local area history, living history events, and much more.
SIUC University Museum - first floor of Faner Hall North, 2469 Faner Hall, Mailcode 4508, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, 618/453-5388.  Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; Sunday 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.  (closed during college breaks).  Admission: Free.  Call in advance to schedule tours.  Arts, humanities, sciences exhibits.

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

return to our homepage