Distance: 42 miles
Time: 58 minutes
Start: Rockford
End: Dixon
As you closely follow alongside the Rock River, you start out in Rockford. While you are there, you can visit the serene Anderson Japanese Gardens and check out the dinosaur skeletons at the Burpee Museum of Natural History.
Heading down the twisting two-laned highway, you may want to stop in Byron if you wish to get a souvenir at Krusty Rusty Relics. If you are starting to get hungry, you can grab a quick meal at The Cheese Shop in Conover Square in the town of Oregon.
As you travel the last leg of this route, you will pass by Lowden-Miller Park and Castle Rock State Park. Upon making it to Dixon, you may get a nice view of the Rock River at the Dixon Riverfront Plaza. You may also go and visit the Lincoln Monument and Ronald Reagan’s Boyhood Home if you have an interest in the U.S. Presidents.
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