Destinations · Illinois
Aurora
IL · 41.7633, -88.2900
Lincoln Highway and Historic Route 66 are signed byways within 30 miles of Aurora, Illinois.
Get in
Aurora is just off the East-West Tollway (I-88) in Illinois. Take the Route 31 exit south for downtown and most other things, and take the Farnsworth exit south for Phillips Park Zoo, Aurora Transportation Center, and the Two Brothers Roundhouse (formerly Walter Payton's Roundhouse.)
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Aurora are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Lincoln Highway · 1 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 · 7 mi · national
Public land
Lookouts
- Fabyan Windmill · 8 mi
- Des Plaines River · 23 mi
- Viewing area · 29 mi
Named places
- Solfisburg Memorial Park · 0 mi
- Rollins Park · 0 mi
- Copley II Park · 0 mi
- Falkos Park · 1 mi
- Cowherd Park · 1 mi
- Union-Flagg Park · 1 mi
- Garfield Park · 1 mi
- Pigeon Hill Park · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Naperville · 6 mi
- Bolingbrook · 11 mi
- Lisle · 11 mi
- Wheaton · 11 mi
- Woodridge · 13 mi
- Downers Grove · 15 mi