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A guided evening walk through the woods offers a chance to look for nocturnal wildlife. The listing asks participants to RSVP by phone and identifies the Visitor Center as the meeting point.
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Pere Marquette State Park’s Dec. 5 winter night hike is built around the uncertainty of watching wildlife after dark: the listing promises only a chance of sightings on a guided walk through the woods.
The event description names owls, raccoons, opossums and white-tailed deer among the animals participants might see. Those are possibilities, not guaranteed sightings or a scheduled lineup; the listing describes a chilly trek through the woods.
It is a single guided outing, with no separate stops or activities outlined in the event description.
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The hike meets at the Visitor Center, near the park entrance at 13112 Visitor Center Lane. The park directory says its displays cover Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, as well as the development of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.
The directory lists Visitor Center hours as Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The hike starts at 7 p.m.; the event listing confirms the meeting point but does not say whether the building or displays will be open that evening.
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The published programme is a winter walk through the woods, with opportunities to look for nocturnal wildlife. It does not outline a sequence of stops or other activities.
The listing gives one two-hour window for the guided winter night hike.
Meet at 13112 Visitor Center Lane, Grafton, IL 62037.
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The event listing asks participants to RSVP by phone.
The listing describes a chilly walk but does not give the route length, terrain, difficulty, accessibility provisions or clothing and equipment guidance. Call the park when RSVPing if you need those details.
The event meets at the Pere Marquette State Park Visitor Center, 13112 Visitor Center Lane, Grafton, Illinois 62037. The park directory places the Visitor Center at the park entrance.
The listing’s map link can calculate directions from your starting point. The supplied listing does not give transit or parking details.
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At the Pere Marquette State Park Visitor Center, 13112 Visitor Center Lane, Grafton, IL 62037.
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Call the park at (618) 786-3323; the event listing asks participants to RSVP by phone.
No. The listing says participants may have a chance to see owls, raccoons, opossums, white-tailed deer and other nocturnal animals.
It does not give route length, terrain, difficulty or accessibility provisions. Call the park when RSVPing to ask about details that affect your plans.
13112 Visitor Center Lane, Grafton, Illinois 62037
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Event, planning and background information checked 2026-11-02 against the linked sources.