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This new attraction provides zero-depth entry for the young, the old and physically handicapped. It has a frog slide, a water slide, and a one-meter drop slide. It has a wet playground area, a sand playground area, a concessions/food court area, a shaded picnic area and a new bath house. It also has several lap lanes and a diving board. The Shelbyville Family Aquatic center offers recreation for all ages. Opens Memorial Day Weekend. The Best Wedding Chapel The Best Wedding Chapel is nestled in mid-west Illinois in the historic town of Shelbyville. Dedicated in the 1870's this former Catholic church features Gothic style architechure, 14 foot original stained-glass windows, and a 33 foot cathedral ceiling with a small archway separating the vestibule from the nave. It is now the home & business of the Best family. This wedding chapel is available as a traditional, as well as non-traditional wedding, or vow renewal site Forest Park Municipal park with Chautauqua Auditorium, Vietnam memorial, family aquatic center, picnic area, pavillions, baseball & softball diamonds, fishing lagoon and more! You can also start the General Dacy trail in the back area of the park. Future improvements coming.......Soccer fields, athletic house, and more. General dacy bike trail Lake Shelbyville provides visitors an opportunity to experience over 50 miles of developed multi-purpose trails on public lands. The General Dacy Trail Concept Plan is a mult-partnered regional effort to expand recreational trail opportunities into a 170-mile trail network that will provide opportunities for bicycling, hiking, and other recreational trail uses, and provide off-road connectivity between local communities, public recreation areas and other interesting and scenic attractions in the region. Lake Shelbyville offers some of the best mountain biking at the Camp Camfield section of the General Dacy Trail with 10.5 miles of trail currently available with a designated bike route connection to the City of Sullivan. A four-mile section in the City of Shelbyville to Forest Park and Dam West is currently being developed and will provide an opportunity for winter sports such as snowmobiling as well as warm weather activities. In addition, Wolf Creek State Park provides the only Equestrian Trail on Lake Shelbyville with 15 miles of trail conveniently located adjacent to an equestrian campground. Other trails include the Illini Trail, Okaw Bluff, and Coon Creek Trail. Goat tower Dave Johnson built this tower for his Saanen Goats. The tower is made up of 5,000 bricks and 276 concrete steps that spiral around the outside and has 6 levels. This tower is only one of three that are in the world. Dave Johnson also owns Agri-Serve.
The Saanen dairy goat originated in Switzerland, in the Saanen Valley. These goats are white or light cream in color, with white being preferred. The does weigh 135 pounds or more with the bucks 185 pounds or more. The breed is sensitive to excessive sunlight and performs best in cooler conditions. Shade is essential and tan skin is preferable. This breed is large and big boned, but they are graceful. Both sexes have beards and horns. The tower gives the goat shade as well as giving them the climbing that they would normally get in their native Switzerland. Hidden spring This state forest consists of approximately 1,200 acres of land near Clarksburg, about 10 miles southeast of Shelbyville. The name Hidden Springs was selected to designate this particular state forest because of the seven known springs on the property which wre used for drinking water by the Indians and early settlers. Over the years these springs have been covered over by natural siltation and vegetation (hence the name). Rocky Spring and Quicksand Spring have trail access. The entire forest area was originally planned as a state lake. These plans were altered when the construction of Shelbyville Reservoir began. The property was then assigned to the Division of Forestry in 1960 to be managed as a state forest. Hidden Springs is used for the production of superior seed for use at the state tree nurseries and growing of hardwoods, such as oak and black walnut, but also has facilities for picknicking, camping, fishing, hiking, hunting and wildlife watching. For details information:Lake shelby vile
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