9 ANDERSON LAKE STATE CONSERVATION AREA


GPS: n 40.19656; w 90.20330


Address: 647 N State Hwy 100, Astoria Phone: 309-759-4484 Web:


http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/ PARKS


Two floodplain lakes join to create this site, known for its waterfowl population. In winter, substantial numbers of Bald Eagles utilize the site; numerous songbirds and planted shade trees abound.


10 SANGANOIS STATE WILDLIFE AREA


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A ROCKWELL MOUND n 40.18291; w 90.3858


Address: North Orange Street, Havana Phone:


309-547-3721


Rockwell Mound is the second largest Indian mound in the Midwest, covering nearly two acres and standing fourteen feet high.


33 HAVANA n 40.09179; w 90.29187


Address: 3594 CR 200 N, Chandlerville Phone: 309-546-2628 Web:


http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/ PARKS


Comprised primarily of open lake water, sloughs, and bottomland forest, and operated as a public hunting area, this area sits just northeast of the confluence of the Illinois and Sangamon rivers. It contains pockets of upland tallgrass, prairie and sand prairie in addition to a host of birds, butterflies and turtles.


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11 DICKSON MOUNDS MUSEUM n 40.35149; w 90.11556


Address: 10956 N. Dickson Mounds Road, Lewistown


Phone: 309-547-3721 Web: www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/ dickson


This museum’s extensive exhibits recount the 12,000-year-long history of Native Americans in the Illinois River valley and surrounding upland landscape. They also draw attention to the fundamental relationship between human beings and nature.


www.illinoisriverroad.org


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