Destinations · Illinois
Alton
IL · 38.9006, -90.1597
From Alton, Illinois, Byway's registries place 6 scenic byways and 1 national park within 30 miles.
Understand
On the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway, named one of the Seven Wonders of Illinois, the Greater Alton area has five wineries, fifty antique shops, fifteen bed and breakfasts and guest houses, nine golf courses, Alton Marina, Alton Square Mall, boating, parasailing, hiking, biking, historic sites, fine dining, and more.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route · 1 mi · national
- Great River Road · 3 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 · 6 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 - MO · 9 mi
- Historic National Road - Illinois · 17 mi · national
- Great River Road - Missouri · 22 mi
National parks
- Gateway Arch National Park · 19 mi
Lookouts
- Blind · 2 mi
- Observation Deck · 4 mi
- Mississippi River Overlook · 4 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 6 mi
Named places
- Lovejoy Plaque · 1 mi
- Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument · 1 mi
- Alton Museum of History and Art · 1 mi
- John Mason Peck · 1 mi
- Robert Pershing Wadlow · 1 mi
- Alton Hauntings Ghost Tours · 1 mi
- McPike Mansion · 1 mi
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate · 2 mi
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- Ferguson · 13 mi
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- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 18 mi
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