The Ballard Nature Center - Altamont, Illinois

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The Ballard Nature Center - Altamont, Illinois
210 acre parcel of land east of Altamont is a wonderful opportunity to visit this fully functional nature education site with a visitor center, staff, programs, activities, and numerous miles of trails.

Environmental Education Kits
Education kits are available at no cost for educators to check out from the center for use in the classroom. Topics of the kits: Birds, mammals, insects, bats, reptiles, amphibians, prairies, animals in danger, trees, and wetlands. Add excitement to your lessons with models, specimens, videos, puppets, and other hands-on items found in these kits.

Using the Nature Center as a place to learn about the environment is a fabulous way to have your youth get excited about nature, they can see, feel and hear the different sounds and sites alive in the outdoor area as well as hands on in the visitor center.

The Nature Center has a kid’s only fishing pond available for free fishing. Please follow the posted rules and regulations for this pond. A handicapped accessible fishing dock allows handicapped children to be able to also fish in the pond.

There are also other programs available for students to participate with while learning. This asset to the Central Illinois area is a wonderful way to generate interest in the future of the world.

Location: 5253 E. US Highway 40, Altamont

Phone: (618) 483-6856