This was the perfect place to view the total eclipse of the sun in 2024. I was coming from the annual Midwest Sociological Society meeting which was in Des Moines, and stopped the night before north of here near Champaign Urbana. The Chief of Staff and I thought we were located well from there to either go East into Indiana or South to Southern Illinois to get well into the Path of Totality depending on the shifting weather reports and radar predicting partial cloudiness. We ended up here and the town was most welcoming. This is a very pleasant park even without a once in a lifetime celestial event, it's large and can handle lots of cars without feeling crowded. There's a good play ground, lots of benches and swings and grass and trees. Nice picnic tables, very family friendly but also nice to spend some time alone with a book. Reasonably clean restrooms, and the town is very much worth a visit. read more