Second Saturday Regulars Birding Walks - June
Sat, Jun 14
|Decatur
6/14 | 7 AM Second Saturday Regulars Bird Walk at Sand Creek
Time & Location
Jun 14, 2025, 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM CDT
Decatur, 4314 S Franklin Street Rd, Decatur, IL 62521, USA
About the event
6/14 | 7 AM Second Saturday Regulars Bird Walk at Sand Creek
Sand Creek Conservation Area is a 794-acre open space site, located just south of Decatur, off South Franklin Street [get directions]. Sand Creek’s GPS Coordinates are 39.786696 N, 88.954273 W.
The Paris-Springfield Road
The historic Paris-Springfield Road, established in 1824, ran through part of what is now Sand Creek Conservation Area. Among the many people moving west in the early nineteenth century, Abraham Lincoln and his family traveled this section of the road when coming to Decatur from Indiana in March of 1830. Westward travelers going to California and Oregon continued to use the road in the 1840s and 1850s. Trail signs stand along the old roadbed for those who wish to walk in “Mr. Lincoln’s footsteps.”