As promised, here is a sampling of things the family might want to do or see while visiting the Love Farm. Everything on here is family friendly but do check out the websites to make sure the activity would hold the interest of your child. All these sites are within about 30 miles.
1. Cahokia Mounds State Historical Site. This ancient Native American burial site has a great museum and a huge mound that requires many steps, but the views from there are stunning.
https://cahokiamounds.org
2. National Great Rivers Museum, Alton, IL. This museum of the Mississippi River has a working lock and dam. greatriverroad.com/Cities/EAlton/riverMuseum.htm Afterward, a drive up
Hwy. 100 along the Mississippi River is fun as it passes through some cute old river towns.
3. Gardens at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE) 6 Arbortum Lane, Edwardsville, Illinois. www.siue.edu/gardens/visit There is a 1/2 mile paved walking trail in this public botanic garden that passes flowers, trees, themed gardens, and a bridge over a turtle pond.
4. Edison's Entertainment Complex. 2477 S. State Route 157, Edwardsville, IL (618) 307-9020
5. Altitude Trampoline Park. 91 Fountain Drive, Glen Carbon, IL (618) 663-3879
6. Edwardsville Watershed Nature Center. 159 Tower Ave., Edwardsville, Illinois
www.watershednaturecenter.org This site has walking trails through prairie, forest, and wetland habitat.
7. Henry's Rabbit Ranch and The Mother Road, a.k.a. Historic Route 66.
1107 Historic Old Route 66, Staunton, IL. www.illinoisroute66.org Did you all know that Historic Route 66 follows along Illinois State Route 157? And that it passes through Hamel and Staunton? If you're interested in getting your kicks on Rte. 66, you can find parts of it only miles
from the farm. Be sure to stop by this roadside attraction and pet the bunnies at Henry's. www.henrysroute66.com
8. Cemeteries. You can find family markers at Quercus Grove Cemetery just a couple of miles from the farm up Aldrich Lane. There are also markers of family members in Woodlawn Cemetery in Edwardsville, 1400 St. Louis St. Of interest is the Nix-Judy Pioneer Cemetery at
N. Bluff Rd. (IL 157) in Glen Carbon. Katherine Pittman Love was raised by the Judy family
in Glen Carbon after she was orphaned. The Judys were pioneers of the area.
9. Lewis and Clark State Historic Site, Hartford, IL. As part of this complex you can go up into
a tower with great views of the rivers, see the site where Lewis and Clark set out on their historic
journey, and visit a very nice museum. www.campdubois.com www.confluencetower.com
https://www.npsgov/lecl/planyourvisitleclvcillinois.htm
10. Edwardsville Children's Museum, 722 Holyoake Rd., Edwardsville (618) 692-2094
11. If you have some time to go a little further afield, there is plenty of Abraham Lincoln history to be found at Springfield, IL, there is an Amish Settlement at Arthur, IL, and of course there is the great city of Saint Louis, MO, which is only about 30 miles from the farm.
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