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Attractions near Amboy

Leave Amboy for Starved Rock State Park, 33 mi away

None of our places to visit is inside Amboy; 7 are within 40 miles. The commonest are 3 museums, a state park and a national historic site. Day-trippers head 55 mi out to Illinois Railway Museum.

Attractions nearby
26
within 60 miles
The big one
33 mi
Starved Rock State Park
National park units
1
parks & monuments
State park · 33 mi southeast

Starved Rock State Park

State park in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped

The outermost point is Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden, at 38 mi.

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Orange: Amboy. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Each place in turn

26 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Amboy → · Amboy’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Starved Rock State Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · BMO Center: SimLibrarian, CC0 · Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb: Andy McMurray, CC BY 2.5 · Anderson Japanese Gardens: M. Readey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arcada Theater: G LeTourneau, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fabyan Villa: Smallbones, Public domain · Ellwood House: Paul R. Burley, CC0 · John Deere House and Shop: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5 · Phillips Park Zoo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead: Kepper66, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chana School: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin), CC BY 2.5 · Grand Army of the Republic Hall: User: (WT-shared) Ethajek at wts wikivoyage, Public domain · Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden: KlehmArboretum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pottawatomie Park: Dane Vandeputte, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Angel Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Aurora Regional Fire Museum: Leif Rogers, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bickelhaupt Arboretum: Photo by Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Don Opel Arboretum: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fire Barn 5: Smallbones, Public domain · Ryan Round Barn: Ibzumin, CC BY-SA 3.0

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