Altamont

Take the long way.

The best parts of the trip are usually the ones you didn't plan.

Ballard Nature Center

210 acres with a visitor center, exhibit displays and a library. 3 mi. of trail through woodlands, flat lands and prairies.

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Things to Do in Altamont

Make time for quiet places.

Not every destination needs noise to be meaningful.

Alwerdt’s Gardens

Stroll 4 acres of fragrant, uniquely landscaped herb, perennial, and ornamental gardens. There are 1,200+…

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Simple trips are often the best.

You don't need much for a place to leave an impression.

Altamont Living Museum

Now used as a theatre for live performances of music and drama or for exhibiting…

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Find your way.

There's no single right route, just the one that fits you.

Ben Winters’ Steam Engine Musuem

Antique locomotives, steam-driven tractors and enormous stationery steam engine. Model train layout in the loft…

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