Buffalo Rock State Park - Buffalo Rock Road, Ottawa, IL  61350, 815/433-2220.  Call for admission info and hours of operation.  Picnicking, hiking, buffalo viewing, and other outdoor activities.
Hume-Carnegie Museum - 901 Washington Street, Mendota, IL,  815/539-3373.  Saturday & Sunday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment.  $2/adult; $1/child/student through high school.  Local history; exhibits about the Indian Wars, Wild Bill Hickok, and more.
Illini State Park - 2600 East 2350th Road, Marseilles, IL  61341, 815/795-2448.  Call for admission info and hours of admission.  Groups of 25 or more must register in advance.  Minimum of one adult per every 15 minors.  Picnicking, hiking, camping, boating, fishing, more.
LaSalle Lake - 2660 East 2350th Road, Marseilles, IL  61341, 815/357-1608.  April 1 through September 30, open 7 days/week 6 a.m. to dusk; March 15 through 31 and October 1 to two weeks before "Central Zone waterfowl season", closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, but open Wednesday through Sunday 6 a.m. to dusk.  Groups of 25 or more must register in advance.  Minimum of one adult per 15 minors.  Hiking, fishing, picnicking, and more.
Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area - part of Illini State Park (same phone number) and LaSalle Lake (same address).
Matthiessen State Park - Utica/Oglesby, IL,  815/667-4868.  Call for directions, admission info and hours of operation.  Hiking, picnicking, archery range, and more.
Ottawa Scouting Museum - 1100 Canal Street, Ottawa, IL  61350,  815/431-9353.  Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed holidays.  $3/adult; $2/child; group rates available - call.  History of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Camp Fire.
Starved Rock State Park - south of Utica, IL on Route 178, 815/667-4726.  Daily 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.  Call for admission info.  See web site for special programs and activities.  Hiking, picnicking, camping, more.
Union Depot Railroad Museum - 783 Main Street, Mendota, IL,  815/5538-3800.  Memorial Day through Labor Day: Wednesday through Sunday noon to 5 p.m.; Labor Day to Memorial Day: Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m.; other hours by appointment.  $2/adult; $1/child/student through high school.  HO railroad layout of Mendota in 1930s-1940s; old-time telegraph office, and more.

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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