Piasa Palisades Group Outings

                                                                                                                                                                                              
Outings Photos

We welcome all members and non-members

  Bring a friend and introduce them to the Sierra Club mission:

• Explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth;
• Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources;
• Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment;

Monthly Full Moon Hike - Take a night hike every full moon at the Mississippi Sanctuary, next to The Nature Institute.
Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 7:30 pm

Directions and Details of moonlight hikes

For more information, please contact leader Sandy Wood at 618-463-0358.

Monthly bike ride - Explore the Madison County Trails with friends!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 6 pm

Piasa Palisades Group monthly bike ride on the School House Bike Trail. 10 or so flat paved miles. We will go to Horseshoe Lake and have ice cream at Culvers.

Meet at the bike trail parking at the Metroeast Park District - next to Culvers on United Drive (near I55-I255). For more info: Jim Bensman jbensman1@charter.net 463-0714

Weekly prairie hikes - Explore the Heartland Prairie throughout the season!

Wednesdays, June 17 to Aug. 26

Prairie walks at Gordon Moore Park’s Heartland Prairie in Alton, sponsored by The Nature Institute in Godfrey. Spend about an hour in a restored native prairie, beginning at 6:30 p.m. A guide will identify flowers in bloom. Bring family and friends. The prairie is across Illinois 140 from the main park property. For more information,  call Nan Adams at (618) 655-0170.