Chicago Rockford International Airport 40 min
Amboy Depot Museum (15 min) Nachusa Grasslands Visitor Center (7 min) Lowell Park (20 min) Franklin Creek State Natural Area & Grist Mill (5 min) Friends of Nachusa Grasslands (6 min)
Bison, camping, and outdoor recreation John Deere Historic Site (13 min)
Historic site, blacksmith, and history Chaplin Creek Historic Village (3 min) Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home (12 min) Nachusa Grasslands, The Nature Conservancy (7 min) Lowden - Miller Forest (14 min)
Park and hunting Castle Rock State Park (21 min)
2,000 acres of river sports, trails & camping amid a nature preserve, bluffs, ravines & noted butte. Franklin Creek State Natural Area (4 min) Franklin Creek Grist Mill & Franklin Creek Conservation Association (6 min) Franklin Creek Headwaters (5 min) | 
