Editing Mahomet, Illinois (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Champaign County Forest Preserve District HQ Mahomet.jpg|thumb|upright|"HI Tower"<ref>[https://www.ccfpd.org/forest-preserve/lake-of-woods/hi-tower Champaign County Forest Preserve District - Helping Preserve Nature in Champaign County<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623130648/http://www.ccfpd.org/attractions/hitowerbellcarillon/index.html |date=June 23, 2007 }}</ref> at the Champaign County Forest Preserve District Headquarters in Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, Mahomet, Illinois.]]
The most popular tourist attractions in Mahomet are all Champaign County Forest Preserve District properties: Lake of the Woods Park and its award-winning Hartwell C. Howard Golf Course, and the River Bend Forest Preserve. Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve is a {{convert|900|acre|km2}} park along the [[Sangamon River]]. The park features a botanical garden, a lake, a picturesque covered bridge and also offers activities like boating, fishing, cross country skiing, and sledding. Within Lake of the Woods Park is the Museum of the Grand Prairie (formerly called the Early American Museum), which has a collection that features life in the 19th and early 20th century in East-Central Illinois. The park has a {{convert|3.3|mi|km|1|adj=on}} bike path and a bell tower. The Hartwell C. Howard Golf Course is an 18-hole regulation course, a 9-hole par 3 course, and a practice range. The River Bend Forest Preserve is {{convert|275|acre|km2}}, of which {{convert|130|acre|km2}} is water. The park has two large lakes, one of them being the largest lake in [[Champaign County, Illinois|Champaign County]] and {{convert|2.5|mi|km|1}} of forest along the Sangamon River.

[[File:Lake of the Woods covered bridge.jpg|thumb|Lake of the Woods forest preserve covered bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Champaign County Forest Preserve District - Attractions - Covered Bridge |url=https://www.ccfpd.org/lake-of-the-woods/covered-bridge |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811192931/http://www.ccfpd.org/attractions/coveredbridge/index.html |archive-date=August 11, 2007 |access-date=July 13, 2007}}</ref>]]