Worth the trip from Panola: Starved Rock State Park, 37 mi off
Around Panola, the places to visit include 3 zoos & aquariums, 3 museums and 2 gardens. Nothing is mapped inside Panola, but 10 places to visit are within 40 miles. Mazon Creek lies 51 mi out, the pick for a day trip.
Starved Rock State Park
State park in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where they are
The map puts most of the 10 to the west.
Orange: Panola. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The full list
All 16 on the list lie within 60 miles.
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.
5
7
9Adlai E. Stevenson I House
Historic house in Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois.
10
11George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
Botanical garden and conservatory in Peoria, Illinois.
12
13Metamora 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 · 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
.jpg){kind=link}
.JPG){kind=link}
