Apple River Canyon State Park - 8763 E. Canyon Road, Apple River, IL 61001, 815-745-3302. Open daily except Christmas. Groups of 25 must call in advance, and at least one adult must accompany every 15 minors. Historic nature site; camping, hiking, picnicking, fishing, and more (NO swimming or boating).
Galena/Jo Daviess County Historical Society and Museum - 211 S. Bench St., Galena, IL, 815-777-9129. Daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except closed: Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve/Day, New Years Eve/Day. $4/adult; $3/child 10-18 years; free/child under 10. Video presentation, Civil War exhibit, period clothing, and much more.
Shenandoah Riding Center - 200 W. Brodrecht Road, Galena, IL 61036, 815/777-2373. Reservations required. Horse riding trails and lessons.
Vinegar Hill Historic Lead Mine & Museum - 8885 North Three Pines Road, Galena, IL 61036, 815-777-0855. June to August daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; May, September, October weekends only 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5/adult; $2.50/student; free/child under 5. Guided tours, mining tools, etc.
Warren Cheese Plant - 415 Jefferson St., Warren, Illinois 610887, 815-745-2627. Tours arranged in advance. $2/person; free/child under 12. Cheese-making factory with history.
Woodbine Glass Museum - 3799 E Woodbine St, Woodbine, IL 815/947-3904. Call for hours and admissions info. Hand blown glass, video presentation about glass-blowing.

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 216, Ashton, IL 61006

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