Destinations · Illinois
Aurora
IL · 41.7633, -88.2900
From Aurora, Illinois, Byway's registries place 2 scenic byways and 1 public land unit within 30 miles.
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
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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
- Aurora Regional Fire Museum · 1 mi
- Grand Army Republic Memorial · 1 mi
- William Tanner House Museum · 1 mi
- SciTech Hands on Museum · 2 mi
- Phillips Zoo Park · 2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Monument · 2 mi
- Blackberry Carousel · 5 mi
- Farm Museum · 5 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