Powerton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area - 7982 S. Park Road, Manito, IL 61546, 309/968-7135.  Call for hours and admission information.  Picnicking, hiking, boating, and other outdoor activities.
Sand Ridge State Forest - P.O. Box 111, Forest City, IL 61532, 309-597-2212.  See web-site for map in .pdf format.  Call for hours and admission information.  Largest state forest in Illinois at 7,500 acres with a variety of features, including desert and forest.  Picnicking, hiking, fishing, birdwatching, and other outdoor activities.
Sanganois Fish and Wildlife Area - 3594 CR 200 N., Chandlerville, IL 62627, 309/546-2628.  Call for hours and admission information.  Hiking, picnicking, and other outdoor activities.
Spring Lake Fish and Wildlife Area - 7982 South Park Rd., Manito, IL, 61546, 309/968-7135.  Call for hours and admission information.  Fishing, boating, hiking, and other outdoor activities.

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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