Emiquon Preserve
Emiquon Preserve’s 6900 acres provide easily accessible areas at their Visitor Center, where you’ll find an interpretative display as well as boardwalks, paths and viewing platforms. Ever changing and always teeming with life, Emiquon is home to endless wildlife species and a stop for millions of migrating birds each year.
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Stunning Sunrises, Sunsets and Everything in Between
Nestled against both the Illinois River and the Spoon River, Emiquon Preserve is a living laboratory for wetland restoration and is recognized as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. Paddling and fishing (by boat only) are allowed by permit, obtainable at Dickson Mounds State Museum (which is also a great place for a visit, hike or picnic)!
Please note that Emiquon Preserve is owned by the Nature Conservancy, while the adjacent Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge (2600 acres) is federally owned. Both are part of an 11,000-acre wildlife complex but each has its own rules.
Photo © Laura Stoecker
