4 TOLUCA COAL MINE PARK


GPS: n 40.99964; w 89.13413 Address: Bennington Street, Toluca Phone: 815-452-2536 Web: www.cityoftoluca.org Two massive slag heaps, the Jumbos, remind visitors that the remains of 280-million-year- old Coal Age forests lie below and memorialize hard-working miners.


5 BENNETT'S TERRAQUEOUS GARDEN


GPS: n 40.69594; w 89.540055 Address: 2600 N. Main, Access Road #6, East Peoria


Phone: 309-699-3923 Water percolating through bedrock and sediment has created an unusual habitat.


6 EAST PEORIA RIVERFRONT PARK


GPS: n 40.685390; w 89.582709 Address: 1204 Riverside Drive, East Peoria Phone: 309-698-4717 Web: www.fondulacpark.com


This 8-acre park provides a close-up view of the river and river valley and the opportunity to see the variety of river-related businesses.


A FONDULAC DRIVE GPS: Phone: n 40.668493; w 89.576902


Address: 304 N. Main Street/ Fondulac Drive, East Peoria 309-699-3923


Winding high along the top of one of East Peoria’s bluffs and offering stunning views of the Illinois River Valley is the scenic Fondulac Drive. This three-mile route features several overlook areas.


GPS:


B FONDULAC FARM PARK n 40.662405; w 89.535682


Address: 305 Neumann Drive, East Peoria


Phone: Web:


309-694-2195


http://fondulacpark.com/ farmpark.html


Open throughout the year’s warmer months, this quaint recreation of a 1920’s farm gives children a glimpse of what farm life was like.


20 EAST PEORIA


www.illinoisriverroad.org


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