Destinations · Illinois
St. Louis Metro East
IL · 38.7500, -89.8200
From St. Louis Metro East, Illinois, Byway's registries place 5 scenic byways and 1 national park within 30 miles.
Get in
() is the largest airport serving St. Louis, with annual passenger traffic of approximately 13 million people. The airport is 14 miles (23 km) northwest of the city center and is directly served by the MetroLink light rail line. A 2-hour MetroLink transfer ticket costs $4 from the airport. Uber vehicles are not allowed to pick up at the airport, although they may drop off passengers.
Day-trip loops
Baked loops for St. Louis Metro East are growing. The weave below 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 · 1 mi · national
- Great River Road · 2 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 · 14 mi · national
- Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route · 16 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 - MO · 19 mi
National parks
- Gateway Arch National Park · 21 mi
Lookouts
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 7 · 3 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 6 · 7 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gates 3 and 4 · 8 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 · 8 mi
Named places
- Neudeckers Mountain · 3 mi
- World War II Tank · 4 mi
- Spencer Memorial · 4 mi
- MSgt Gregory T. Kuhse · 4 mi
- Troy Park Veteran's Memorial · 4 mi
- Troy Park Veteran's Memorial · 4 mi
- Browns Mound · 6 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area - Eastbound · 7 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Edwardsville · 8 mi
- Collinsville · 10 mi
- Hamel · 10 mi
- Lebanon · 10 mi
- O'Fallon · 12 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 14 mi