Convention and
Visitors Bureau - Official visitor information and meeting planner facts.
Home of Abraham Lincoln and Illinois Route 66.
Find Something
To Do - Calendar and guide to local events, entertainment and
recreation.
Springfield Illinois - Guide to government and community services. Lists events,
businesses, restaurants, and services. Area map and visitor guides are
available for download.
Virtual Reality City - Take a virtual tour of historic sites, local events, and
area entertainment, restaurants, lodging, shopping facilities, and
businesses.
Henry Mischler House Bed
and Breakfast - This Queen Ann style
house, built in 1897, overlooks the Lincoln Home National Historic
Site. The three story Victorian inn is filled with elegant antiques
and hand crafted mahogany and oak features. Offers views of each room
with description and rates.
Hidden Cottage
Bed and Breakfast - Enjoy the
comforts of having an entire house to yourself. The Cottage includes
one bedroom, one bathroom, living room, kitchen, sunroom and
landscaped yard.
The Inn at 835 - Bed and
Breakfast - This restored Classical
Revival mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
and has been honored as a Springfield landmark. Located in historic
downtown, near the state capitol complex, the Inn offers individual
rooms, corporate suits, and a conference center.
Carpenter Street Hotel - Located across from St. John Hospital near the downtown
and historical sites. Completely smoke-free, and ADA compliant. Offers
several wheelchair accessible rooms, free parking, courtesy
transportation, continental breakfast, and special discount rates.
Crowne Plaza
Springfield - Guest rooms and designer suites offer a coffee maker,
ironing board, data port, safe, hair dryer, and mini bar. Amenities
include two dining areas, indoor pool, sauna, whirlpool, sundeck,
fitness center, masseuse, business center, gift shop, and valet laundry.
Provides multi function rooms for conferences, meetings, and events, as
well as a ballroom with domed ceiling and chandeliers, and a trade
room/exhibit hall.
Mansion View Inn and Suites -
Take a virtual tour of this inn located in the historic downtown area,
across from the Governor's Mansion. Able to accommodate weddings,
business meetings and large gatherings.
Quality Inn and Suites -
Statehouse Inn - Located downtown
near the State Capitol and Lincoln sites, this hotel has been
renovated and modernized. Offers a cocktail lounge, meeting rooms,
fitness center, business center, guest laundry, and free amenities
including parking, high-speed Internet, and hot breakfasts.
Route 66 Hotel and Conference
Center - Hotel accommodations and
conference center for business travel, leisure travel, special
functions, and vacation getaways.
Ramada Limited North - Overlooks
Lake Springfield, provides rooms with coffee maker, hair dryer,
ironing board, voice mail, and free local calls. Some suites with
Jacuzzi, sitting room, microwave, and refrigerator are available. Also
offers an indoor pool, fitness center, and two meeting/banquet rooms.
Dana-Thomas House Foundation - Gives a history about this house built by Frank Lloyd
Wright and the woman who lived there. Also provides a virtual tour and
pictures of the famous house. Includes information about the Prairie
Style influence, tour schedules, special events, and the Lawrence
Memorial Library which Wright built in a local school.
Henson Robinson Zoo - Take
a virtual tour of the zoo. Also contains info about zoo activities,
educational programs, special events, and is home to the Springfield
Zoological Society.
Knights Action Park and
Caribbean Water Adventure - Central Illinois family park with water slides, go
karts, mini golf, driving and batting ranges, and other activities as
well as picnic facilities and catering services.
Lincoln Home National Historic Site - Tour schedule, phone numbers, directions, kids programs,
special events, and historical information about Abraham Lincoln's only
home, his family, and the neighborhood. Offers a virtual tour of the
home.
Lincoln Home: National Historic Site - Park contains the only home that Abraham Lincoln ever
owned. Constructed in 1839, Lincoln lived there until he was elected
President in 1861.
Lincoln
Memorial Garden - Over one-hundred acres of woodland gardens, pasture, and
croplands have been restored with species native to the states where
Abraham Lincoln lived. Educational and recreational programs are offered
through the nature center, summer camps, guided hikes, festivals, and
special events.
Springfield Illinois Dogpark - A discussion forum about this Park District's off-leash
area for dogs to play together. Contains a map to the park, photos, and
e-mail list.
Springfield Park District - Listing of the public parks and recreational areas run
by the city with a description of the facilities, calendar of events,
sesional activities, maps, and reservation information.
The Thomas Rees Memorial
Carillon - Home of the International Carillon Festival. Find out
about daily tours, the bells used, carillon restoration, and the
carillonneur.
Piper Glen Golf Course - Public eighteen hole facility. Learn about the rates,
policies, course statistics, special events, and history of this four
star course. View the photo gallery, take a virtual tour, and make
reservations online.
Springfield Disc Golf Club - Description of course, contact information, upcoming
events, news, and related links.
Civil War Flags of Illinois - Gives a history of the Illinois Infantry, Cavalry and
Artillery regiment flags, and displays photos by branch of service and
regiment. Includes additional information about Civil War flags in
general and the conservation of flags. Many flags are preserved and
displayed at Memorial Hall (Hall of Flags) in the Howlett building.
Illinois State Museum - Exhibits and collections focus on the natural history
(biology, zoology, botany, and geology) and cultural and artistic
history of Illinois. Check here for special displays.
Museum of Funeral Customs - Provides a history of American funeral and mourning
customs, funerary art and practice, and the funeral profession through
interpretive exhibits, virtual tours, special events, lectures, and
authentic and replicated equipment, instruments, furnishings, coffins,
embalming rooms, and hearses.
The Illinois National Guard and Militia Historical Society - A not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the
heritage of Illinois' citizen-soldiers. History students collect and
preserve military artifacts, give tours, and maintain the historical
documents and library on the Camp Lincoln National Guard grounds.
Amtrak - Official site for Amtrak
passenger trains featuring online reservations, ticket fare finder, trip
planning resources, and the Amtrak Guest Rewards program.
