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Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/14/2023
11:00 am - 11:59 pm
Location
Allerton Park and Retreat Center
Categories
Spend time in the natural beauty of Allerton at a Family Campout the weekend of Oct. 14-15. This hassle-free camping experience in the Meadow will provide your family with the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and learn about nature.
You can spend your weekend:
— Helping biologists from the University of Illinois Natural History Survey and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources catch, identify and release various wildlife;
— Assisting with a fish survey of the Allerton Mansion Pond;
— Hiking to look for mussels along the Sangamon River; and
— Listening to a ‘hawk talk’.
A full schedule of events will be announced later.
Food will be available throughout the weekend from area food trucks and the Greenhouse Café. Feel free to bring and cook your own meals as well, as long as your flame is enclosed.
$15/person ($10/child eight and under). Register by Oct. 11. All sales are final.
If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate, please email nbeccue@illinois.edu.
For more information, and registration available at this link.