With its annual Camp Ellis Days celebration, Ipava remembers its role as home to Camp Ellis, a WW|| training and POW camp that stretched north and west form Ipava, nearly to Table Grove. Visitors to Ipava can obtain a driving tour brochure and view an exhibit about Camp Ellis at the Easley Pioneer Museum and see the restored Freeman School, located at the corner of Broadway & Mill Streets, open during the Spoon River Scenic Drive Fall Festival and Camp Ellis Days and by appointment. Downtown Ipava’s Veterans Park is the focus of Camp Ellis Days festivities and also hosts the Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Fall Festival visitors and vendors. Memorial Park on the east side of town offers a pavilion, a basketball court, and playground equipment. Visitor services include a restaurant, convenience store, banking, and outfitting for hunting.