Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Decatur, IL

5150 Hickory Point Frontage Road, Decatur IL 62526, US

Reservations: +1 (800) 830-5222 US/Canada Toll-free

Telephone: +1 (217) 872-2402 Fax: +1 (217) 872-2403

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Visit the Attractions Near our Hotel's Decatur, IL Location

Our Country Inn & Suites is located just off I-72, and a short drive from the heart of the city, great museums, world-class dining and excellent shopping. A great stop-over location for travelers between St. Louis and Chicago, our hotel's Decatur, IL location offers access to big bands, gospel choirs, bluegrass and old-time piano players who gather from around the nation to take part in a number of competitions. Here, you can also take the children to the zoo or visit to a number of nearby parks. We also offer easy access to several companies and a number of excellent golf courses.

The following attractions are located nearby:

Decatur Parks and Recreation
Several parks are just minutes from our lodging in Decatur. The Decatur Park District features 58 ball fields, dozens of tennis and basketball courts, seven soccer fields, dog park, two family aquatic centers and a great zoo.
Phone: +1 (217) 422-5911
Kirkland Galleries & Fine Arts Center (5 miles)
A great cultural institution, the Kirkland Center host concerts, dance performances and theatre productions. The Perkinson Gallery exhibits visual art from Illinois.
Phone: +1 (217) 424-6318
Millikin University (5 miles)
This four-year university is home to 2,400 students in traditional and non-traditional undergraduate and Master's degree programs.
Phone: +1 (217) 424-6211
Children's Museum of Illinois (6 miles)
The whole family will have a blast at this interactive museum.
Phone: +1 (217) 423-5437
Hieronymus Mueller Museum (6 miles)
Learn about the Patriarch of one of the city's most prominent families, German-born Hieronymus Mueller. At this museum, visitors learn about the Mueller family and their many inventions.
Phone: +1 (217) 423-6161
Rock Spring Center for Environmental Discovery (7.5 miles)
Here, you'll enjoy more than eight miles of hiking trails, two miles of biking trails and over 1300 acres of forest, prairie and wetlands. Rock Springs Center is one of Macon County's most popular spots for getting back to nature.
Phone: +1 (217) 423-7073
Decatur Celebration
Join us during the summer for Illinois's largest free family street festival. The Decatur Celebration includes boat races, air show and world-class entertainment.

About Decatur

Home of the Central Illinois Jazz Festival and the Decatur-Macon County Fair, Decatur is situated on the banks of the Sangamon River, also known as Lake Decatur. With an average winter temperature of 31° and a summer average of 74°, the Central Illinois town enjoys relatively mild weather throughout the year. Visitors find its Civil War and Depression-era architecture fascinating and its over 80,000 residents warm and inviting. The city was named after Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., U.S. naval hero during the Battle of Tripoli. Known as the town where Abraham Lincoln won the Republican nomination for President in 1860, Decatur, prior to 1900, had an economy that was largely dependent on coal mining and farming. Today, manufacturing and processing are foremost, and companies like Archer Daniels Midland have contributed considerably to the about-face. The city is also attractive to history buffs, and several walking tours showcase Art Deco, Georgian Revival, Italianate, Neoclassical, Romanesque and Queen Anne buildings, many of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Additional points of interest include Governor Oglesby Mansion, Scovill Zoo, Children's Museum of Illinois and the Hieronymus Mueller Museum, which showcases this amazing inventor's contributions to modern technology. For the outdoor enthusiasts, there is Lake Decatur for boating and water sports, as well as conservation areas and parks for hiking, biking and horseback riding. Furthermore, in recent years, the downtown area has emerged as a popular dining and entertainment destination thanks to the introduction of new restaurants and nightspots. Over 300 festivals and various events providing musical entertainment, arts, crafts and sports take place each year in Decatur and the surrounding area.

Did you know?

One of Decatur's most historically prominent citizens, Hieronymus Mueller relocated his young family to Decatur in 1857. Soon afterwards, his tinkering led him to patent the Mueller Water Tapper, the first of many inventions. With the help of his sons, Mueller patented the spark plug, water cooler radiator and variable speed transmission, and in 1895, their Mueller-Benz won the first-ever US car race. After the patriarch's death, the Mueller Company went on to develop an armor-piercing explosive shell used in WWII.