Miller Park Zoo, 19 mi from El Paso
Visitors to El Paso can choose from 3 zoos & aquariums, 3 museums and 2 gardens. All of it lies outside: 9 places within 40 miles, none inside El Paso. Beyond the town, the best known is Starved Rock State Park, 40 mi off.
Starved Rock State Park
State park in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Mapped
The map puts most of the 9 to the west.
Orange: El Paso. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place by place
Look within 60 miles for all 17 places listed.
Mazon Creek
Place in Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places.
3Robert Allerton Park
Park in Piatt County, Illinois, featuring a mansion, gardens, and nature preserve.
4Monticello Railway Museum
Railway museum in Monticello, Illinois, United States.
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9Adlai E. Stevenson I House
Historic house in Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois.
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12George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
Botanical garden and conservatory in Peoria, Illinois.
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14Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site
Historic former courthouse in Woodford County, Illinois.
Ranked 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 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum: 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 · Centennial Park: CU Wiki Users/bobpalez, CC BY 3.0 · 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
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