Destinations · Illinois
Joliet
IL · 41.5225, -88.1406
Lincoln Highway and Historic Route 66 are signed byways within 30 miles of Joliet, Illinois.
Understand
Joliet is a blue collar city which has built several tourist attractions. Notably, Chicagoland Speedway hosts NASCAR races during the summer, and there are two riverboat casinos on the river which bisects the city. Sherb Noble opened the first Dairy Queen here on June 22, 1940; the landmark 501 N. Chicago Street building is now a church. Joliet's prison, now closed, appears in the film Blues Brothers. The city was part of Route 66 from 1926 until 1940, with the road demoted to "66 alternate" locally when the mainline was redirected westward through Plainfield.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Joliet 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 · 2 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 · 3 mi · national
Public land
Lookouts
- Viewing area · 11 mi
- Des Plaines River · 24 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 26 mi
Named places
- Marquette Park · 1 mi
- Briese Park · 2 mi
- West Park · 2 mi
- Middle Rock Run Forest Preserve · 2 mi
- Whiteford Field · 2 mi
- Mary Alfred Moes 1828-1899 · 2 mi
- LONGLEAT PARK · 2 mi
- John Leach Memorial Park · 3 mi
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- Lemont · 13 mi
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- Aurora · 18 mi
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