Local area

This unique site is located in Southern Illinois near the City of Sparta, near three airports and less than 50 miles from three metropolitan areas including St. Louis, MO. Visitors will have access to a variety of amenities from quaint local restaurants and shops to the bustling activities of the St. Louis area.

We are located 9 miles south of Prairie State Energy Campus

Chester, the home of Popeye! Make the short drive to Chester and get your picture taken with Popeye, Bluto and Jeep too!! Explore the Spinich Can Museum and admire the art work adorning many local business walls.

Fort de Chartres is the last of three eighteenth-century forts by that name erected near the Mississippi River by France's colonial government. From 1720 to 1763 French administration of the Illinois Country was centered at the forts, built successively over a 40-year period on or near the same site. The stone fort, built in the 1750s and abandoned in 1771, has been partially reconstructed to provide a glimpse of life in Illinois under the French regime.

Misselhorn Art Gallery, showcases Sparta local, Roscoe Misselhorn’s art exhibit