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Recreation & Entertainment Bowling TenPins Bowling Center 930A West 9th Mount Carmel, Ph: (618)263-6506 Leagues & open bowling Camping Beall Woods State Park and Nature Preserve - DNR Camping. Tent camping Sixteen Class C campsites with vehicular access and restrooms, but no showers or electricity, are available. Phone: (618) 298-2442. Conservation Lake, located at 8985 N. 1600 Mount Carmel, provides camping for those who are members. City Parks Allendale has a city park that includes a shelter house and playground equipment. Bellmont City Park includes playground equipment, basketball courts, washers, horseshoes and a softball/baseball field. A shelter house is available for rent. Mount Carmel City Park includes playground equipment, basketball courts, shelters and picnic tables. Lincoln Park includes playground equipment and a basketball court. Froman Park includes playground equipment, basketball courts, shelters, Lake Froman and Dee White Memorial Field. Fishing/Boating Beall Woods Lake (trolling motors only) Bonpas Creek Conservation Lake Froman Lake Mesa Lake (private) Wabash River (unlimited access) Wabash Valley Pond Golf Mount Carmel Municipal Golf Course 18-Hole Public Golf Course includes Bermuda Fairways & Bent Grass Greens with a full schedule of men’s & ladies’ leagues
and tournaments. Peak season is March through November. 700 Park Rd. Mount Carmel (618) 262-5771 www.mtcarmelgolf course.com E-mail: mtcproshop@yahoo.com Skating Skating Rink 15039 4H Center Ln Mount Carmel, IL 62863 (618) 263-9020 Tennis Wabash Valley College Courts
Municipal Courts on Pool Road Swimming Mount Carmel Municipal Pool (summer only) Park Rd. Mount Carmel (618) 262-4042
WVC Pool (year-round) Indoor facility located at Wabash Valley College 2200 College Drive Mount Carmel (618) 263-4999 ext. 3640 Wabash County Museum 320 Market St. (618) 262-8774 Hours: 2-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday The Wabash County Museum is dedicated to the
preservation of local area history through preservation and conservation of artifacts and memorabilia. We offer rotating exhibits about local history, industry, local families and their way of life in a location at 320 North Market Street. The museum has 5,000 square feet of public space for exhibits, meetings and research library, and is handicapped accessible. www.museum.wabash.il.us Area Vineyards Berryville Vineyards 1910 N. Prairieton Rd. Claremont, IL Ph: (618) 869-2054 berryvillevineyards.com
Lasata Winery RR 2 Box 64B Lawrenceville, IL 62439 Ph: (618) 884-1200 lasatawines.com GenKota Winery 301 N. 44th Street Mount Vernon, Il 62864 Beall Woods State Park Beall Woods is located on the banks of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois. Beall Woods attracts visitors from around the world who catch a glimpse of one of the few remaining tracts of old-growth forest found east of the Mississippi River. Besides hiking through this primitive woodland, Beall Woods offers camping, picnicking and fishing to visitors
who want to spend time in a quiet, relaxing setting. Hours of operation are basically year-round, except for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. It opens at sunrise and closes at 10 p.m. Beall Woods had been under the ownership of the Beall family since the mid-1800’s. While a working farm, almost half of the 635 acres consisted of forest that had been left relatively untouched by man. After the last living relative of the Beall family died without a will, the park went on the market. Someone wanted to buy the forest and clear the trees. A group of concerned citizens contacted the State of Illinois in 1965, and the State of Illinois purchased it by invoking a law of eminent domain against the unwilling seller. In 1966, the 329 acres of old-growth forest were dedicated as the 14th Illinois Nature preserve by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission. Because of its importance to the country’s natural heritage, Beall Woods is registered as a National Landmark by the United States, and is listed in the United States Register of Natural Landmarks as the “Forest of the Wabash.”