Perry Farm

By E Zulz

Date Modified: 08/13/2009 8:37 AM

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Perry Farm Park, Trail and Farm House
(815) 933-9905
www.btpd.org

The Perry Farm Trail offers four miles of walking trail. The 170 acres of land was willed to the State of Illinois by Lomira Perry in 1961, “to be used as a park and recreational facility, kept in its natural setting.” Perry’s will required at least 40 acres of land to be a park with the name “Perry” included and the farm to be maintained by friend Francis DuVoisin.

In 1989 the Bourbonnais Township Park District gained title and ownership of the land.

Open spaces, picnic areas and a gazebo, oak meadows and Indian caves are offered for recreation; trails lead to the shores of the Kankakee River and the farm is still maintained.

Park and trail hours: Dawn to dusk year-round.

The Perry farm is also home to The Exploration Station ... a Children's Museum. For iformation on the museum, turn to the Museums section.