33 mi from Benson, Starved Rock State Park leads the list
Benson’s list takes in 3 zoos & aquariums, 3 museums and 2 gardens. None of our places to visit is inside Benson; 10 are within 40 miles. A drive of 52 mi brings you to Mazon Creek.
Starved Rock State Park
State park in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to go
The 10 outside town cluster to the west.
Orange: Benson. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All the places to visit
Nothing is inside Benson itself; these 13 are within 60 miles.
Mazon Creek
Place in Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places.
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6Adlai E. Stevenson I House
Historic house in Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois.
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8George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
Botanical garden and conservatory in Peoria, Illinois.
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10Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site
Historic former courthouse in Woodford County, Illinois.
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13Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Starved Rock State Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain · Fell Arboretum: Willjay, CC BY 3.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden: Dual Freq, CC BY 2.5 · Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: ProfDEH, Public domain · Ryan Round Barn: Ibzumin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0
