If you are looking for things to do, you will find plenty to keep you occupied in Beardstown. The Illinois River is our main attraction, with many opportunities to interact with this vital state resource. Hunting is also a popular outdoor pastime, with many using the city as a home base. Beardstown is also a great jumping-off point to the Jim Edgar Panther Creek recreation area, which is within a half hour of the city. Enjoy all that Beardstown as to offer!
13 Boulevard Road, Beardstown, IL 62618
The Beardstown Houston Memorial Library offers fiction and non-fiction titles in English, Spanish, and French for children, teens, and adults. Browse our large collection of best sellers, local history, music, videos, audio books, magazines, and…
Community Center and Office 6 Armory Lane, Beardstown, IL 62618
The Beardstown Park District provides a variety of community spaces to the Beardstown Public, including 5 parks, 4 shelters, baseball and softball diamonds and practice fields, soccer fields, fitness rooms, a gym, and a meeting…
403 Walnut Street Beardstown, Illinois 62618
General Store, bait and tackle, slots, oil changes, beer and soda, pizza and candy, come get your minnows and other baits right here
201-203 Wall St, Beardstown, IL 62618
Schmoldt Park is the location of Abraham Lincolns’s election as captain during the Blackhawk War. A monument in the park states, “Here Abraham Lincoln was officially elected Captain of his Company in the Blackhawk War…
Beardstown is located on the Illinois River, which plays an important role in the economy and history of the community, and is the site of two grain terminals where farm products are transferred to barges…
Jim Edgar Panther Creek Recreation Area
10149 County Hwy 11
Chandlerville IL 62627
N: 39.998 W: -90.069
217-452-7741
On the web at: https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/Pages/JimEdgarPantherCreek.aspx