Destinations · Illinois
Edwardsville
IL · 38.8039, -89.9583
Historic National Road - Illinois and Historic Route 66 are 2 of 6 signed byways within 30 miles of Edwardsville, Illinois.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
6 scenic drives near Edwardsville
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Edwardsville. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Historic National Road - Illinois
All-American Road · 6 mi out
Runs through Gateway Arch National Park.
- 02
Historic Route 66
All-American Road · 6 mi out
- 03
Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route
National Scenic Byway · 8 mi out
- 04
- 05
- 06
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Edwardsville 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
- Historic National Road - Illinois · 6 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 · 6 mi · national
- Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route · 8 mi · national
- Great River Road · 9 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 - MO · 12 mi
- Great River Road - Missouri · 29 mi
National parks
- Gateway Arch National Park · 17 mi
Lookouts
Named places
- Leon Corlew Park · 0 mi
- 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House · 0 mi
- Leclaire Sports Park · 0 mi
- Edwardsville Children's Museum · 0 mi
- Wellspring · 0 mi
- Ninian Edwards · 0 mi
- City Plaza · 1 mi
- Hotz Park · 1 mi
A day out of Edwardsville, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Edwardsville.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.
More day-trip bases nearby
- Hamel · 8 mi
- St. Louis Metro East · 8 mi
- Collinsville · 9 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 12 mi
- Granite City · 12 mi
- Alton · 13 mi