Parks

AMBOY CITY PARK – East Main Street, five blocks east of U.S. Route 52; picnic areas, shelters, charcoal grills, playground equipment, lighted ball diamonds, tennis courts, bathrooms, water and electricity, plus 30 sculptured trees; closed Nov. 1 through April 1. AMBOY SPORTS PARK – corner of

Appleton Avenue and Main

Street; soccer, football and baseball fields, plus a playground, concession stand and bathrooms.

CLINT C. CONWAY HISTORI-

CAL PARK – Main Street, two blocks west of U.S. Route 52; site of the Amboy Depot Museum, railroad engine and picnic shelter.

AMBOY MARSH NATURE RESERVE

TRAILS – 1701 Mormon Road, 217-5442473; hike or bike trails through the 302acre wetland with black oak sand savan-

nas, sedge meadows and dry sand prairie. GREEN RIVER STATE WILDLIFE AREA – 375 Game Road, Harmon, 15 miles southwest of Amboy; this wildlife restoration area is popular with hunters, hikers and birders. The 2,565-acre area includes prairie restorations, timberlands and a camping area.

Go SHADY OAKS GOLF COURSE,

to cityofamboy.org/parks for more information on Amboy 577 U.S. Route 52, Sublette, 815849-5424; a fun, 18-hole course, with tricky greens and a short course; club house with parks cocktail bar, food and pro shop. SEN. DAVID C. SHAPIRO PARK – U.S. Route 52, next to the Green River; picnic shelter and tables, bathrooms, and fishing. VETERANS PARK – Corner of East Avenue and Division Street; the Amboy Women’s Club dedicated the park in fall 1919 to the veterans of World War I.