Attractions
History, Heritage and the Great Outdoors are guaranteed to keep you and your family entertained in so many fun activities.
Discover 170+ years of history, experience pioneer living, stand inside an authentic working Dutch Windmill, explore our nature center, and much much more! The variety of our attractions is grand.
The Andresen Nature Center features displays of local wildlife, insects, and flora found along the local watershed of the Upper Mississippi River. Located within 100 yards of the Mississippi River and adjacent to Heritage Canyon in Fulton, IL, the Center is dedicated to providing insight, information, appreciation, and conservation of…
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
Cattail Park is a great place to take the little ones fishing, to go paddle boarding, or canoeing, or kayaking, or to just "hang out" and watch the birds and wildlife activity. Located just north of Fulton along Cattail Road, (as you may be headed toward the Fulton Country Club),…
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
Phone
(815) 589-2616
Fulton's Dutch Windmill was manufactured and pre-assembled in the Netherlands. Following the delivery to Fulton, the Windmill was assembled and installed by Dutch craftsmen. Standing nearly 100 ft. tall, the massive timbers are assembled by wooden pegs. Dedication of the new Dutch Windmill took place during the Dutch Days Festival…
Address
111 10th Avenue
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
Phone
563-559-2193
Email
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Hours
Windmill Hours:
May Hours: Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5
June-September Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10-2, Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5
October Hours: Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5
Fulton Dutch Days The first weekend in May the residents of Fulton gather celebrate their Dutch heritage. The first permanent Dutch settler arrived at what was to become the City of Fulton in 1835. It has never been explained why so many Holland immigrants were attracted to this small Midwestern…
Address
Downtown Fulton
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
Phone
(815) 589-2616
Email
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Season Open
First weekend in May
The Fulton (Martin House) Museum is located at 707 10th Avenue, a beautiful red brick house with a wrap-around front porch with pristine white railing. It sits high on the hill, nestled among mature trees. and has a stone retaining wall spanning the length of the frontage along 10th Avenue. Programs…
Address
707 10th Avenue
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
Phone
(815) 589-3809 (Please leave a message if no answer.)
Email
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Hours
2:00pm - 4:00pm Sundays
The Museum is available other times by appointment.
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Heritage Canyon is a 12-acre wooded structure and nature walk dotted with buildings that take the visitor back to the 1800's. Mid-1800's - 1954: It was a limestone quarry where rock was crushed for field fertilizer, road beds, wing dams and levees. Trucks, trains and river barges hauled it away.…
Address
515 North 4th Street
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
Phone
(815) 589-4600
Email
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Season Open
April 15 - weather permitting
Season Close
Dec. 15 - weather permitting
Tours
Self Guided
Coach Bus Parking
Yes
Hours
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
According to the US Army Corps of Enginers website, "Lock & Dam 13 Recreation Area features a boat ramp, an observation deck overlooking the lock chamber, and a picnic shelter. The boat ramp enables access to the Mississippi River and backwaters of pool 13. Lock & Dam 13 is located four miles north…
Address
4999 Lock Rd.
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
Phone
815-259-3628
Season Open
Memorial Day
Season Close
Labor Day
Tours
Guided
Hours
1:00 pm
Meet the Millers of Fulton's Authentic Dutch Windmill, de Immigrant! Arnie Huizenga is de Immigrant's Lead Miller. He chooses when we have enough wind, grain and volunteers to do some grinding. He is also one of the original Millers trained in the Netherlands. When asked why he volunteers ...…
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
"...the great Mississippi, the majestic, the magnificent, rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun: the dense forest away on the other side: the 'point' above the town, and the 'point' below, bounding the river-glimpse, and turning it into a sort of sea, and withal a very still and…
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
Email
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Windmill Video (Updated) The Windmill Cultural Center (WCC) was dedicated April 2010 and houses an extensive collection of 22 European windmills. The windmills vary in size up to six feet tall. The collection was designed by Henk and June Hielema of DeMotte, Indiana. Mr. Hielema was employed in Europe and…
Address
111 10th Avenue
City, State Zip
Fulton, IL 61252
Phone
815-589-4033 (Windmill Cultural Center)
Hours
Windmill Cultural Center Hours:
May Hours: Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5
June-September Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10-2, Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5
October Hours: Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5
Off season tours scheduled by appointment - Call 815-589-4033