Menard County Trails & Greenways
Ways to Discovery!
Join Menard County Trails & Greenways on October 3rd for our early fall highway clean up. We take care of 2 miles of Rt 97 between the south end of New Salem State Historic Site and the south edge of Petersburg. Meet at the main entrance to New Salem at 9:00 AM. (map) provided Trash …
Join Menard County Trails & Greenways members and friends Oct 10 for a DIY fall float on the Sangamon River. We will launch at 1pm from Gudgel Road Bridge and float five miles to New Salem State Historic Site where we will gather 'round a warm fire for physically distanced fellowship. We anticipate taking out …
MCTG, Trees Forever and Three Pines Petersburg are teaming up to host a workshop on Growing Healthy Trees and Shrubs on October 24th at Three Pines Petersburg. 10:00 AM to Noon. Want to add trees and shrubs to your landscape, but don’t know quite where to start? Got questions about what kind of trees would …
Join us on February 9th at 7:00 PM for an informative Zoom meeting -- everyone welcome! There will be a presentation on two new Trails & Greenways projects: the New Salem Habitat Restoration Project and the creation of a Virtual Tour of the Sangamon River, with discussion to follow about how you can get involved …
The Menard County Trails & Greenways 2021 Adopt-a-Highway season is kicking off this Saturday! Meet at the main entrance to New Salem off Rte. 97 at 9:00 AM to take care of our 2-mile IDOT Adopt-A-Highway segment that runs from the south edge of New Salem to the south end of Petersburg. We …
