Illinois Caverns - 10981 Conservation Road, Baldwin, IL 62217, 618/458-6699 or 618/785-2555.  Hours: Thursday through Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  Minimum group size: 4 people; minimum of 1 adult per 5 children; groups of 25 or more must pre-register.  Admission free.  Call for permit to enter caves.  Interpretive programs available if pre-arranged.  See web page about rules and .pdf formatted permit.
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area - 10981 Conservation Road, Baldwin, IL 62217, 618/785-2555.  Fishing, boating, hunting, 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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