Year-Round:
- More than 24 free guided site
tours open all year
- The Statue Gardens dedicated
to women at the Visitor Center
- Nauvoo Temple open year round
Tueday through Saturday during
the winter and Monday through
Saturday
during the summer.
- "Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo" musical
comedy show, nightly except
Sunday
- Sunday Sociable...every Sunday
Winter:
- Sledding
- Sleigh rides
- ESH Christmas Teas
- The often frozen Mississippi
River
- Warm and cozy sites bring back
the feeling of Old Nauvoo
- More attention for visitors than
in the summer months
- Christmas Parade, 1st weekend
in December
- December's concerts and authentic
Old Nauvoo holiday decorations
- Bald Eagle Days, 3rd weekend
in January
- Exodus Commemoration Walk
and Program, February 4th every
year
Spring:
- Delightful weather
- Songbirds
- Many unique flowering trees and
wild flowers
- All-city Easter Egg Hunt
- Walking tours through lush green
fields
- Biennial Passion Play,
Palm Sunday Weekend Odd number
years
- Battle of Pea Ridge,
fourth full weekend in April
- Full-scale Civil War
reenactment and ball, fourth
full weekend in April
- Re-enactment of the organization
of the Relief Society Weekend
around March 17th each year
Summer:
- Horse and oxen wagon rides
- Brass bands
- Musical theatre productions
- Great River Golf Course
- Flea markets
- Grape Festival, Labor
Day weekend
- June's Strawberry Festival
- June's Rhubarb Festival
- July's Independence Day
- July's outdoor Nauvoo Pageant
- Martyrdom Commemoration - Memorial
Service at Carthage Jail June
27th
Fall:
- Wonderful weather!
- Spectacular river drive with
Fall leaves
- Antique hunts
- Area auctions
- Unusual water fowl that travel
through the area, including pelicans
- Fishing on the Mississippi River
- October's all-city Halloween
Spooktacular: Three blocks of
carved pumpkins!
- October's Nauvoo Art Show
Related Links:
http://www.visitnauvoo.org -
a great site for planning your stay
in Nauvoo
http://www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/emsanders/homepage.html - Ellis
Sanders History & Journals
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