Worth the trip from Roberts: American Football House, 35 mi off
Roberts and its surroundings hold 4 museums, 3 gardens and a landmark. Our list finds nothing inside Roberts, but 11 places within 40 miles. Mazon Creek, 50 mi away, is the best-known day out.
American Football House
House in Illinois, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The layout
The map puts most of the 11 to the south.
Orange: Roberts. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Full list of places
Everything here is within 60 miles, 19 places in all.
2Mazon Creek
Place in Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places.
4
5Robert Allerton Park
Park in Piatt County, Illinois, featuring a mansion, gardens, and nature preserve.
6Monticello Railway Museum
Railway museum in Monticello, Illinois, United States.
7
8Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Performing arts complex at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
11
12
13
14
National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History
Maritime museum in Sadorus, Illinois.
University of Illinois Conservatory and Plant Collection
Conservatory and botanical garden in Urbana, Illinois.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Roberts → · Roberts’ history →
Photo credits
American Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: Alanscottwalker, 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 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain · Spurlock Museum: Daderot, CC0 · University of Illinois Arboretum: Daderot, Public domain · Centennial Park: CU Wiki Users/bobpalez, CC BY 3.0 · Fell Arboretum: Willjay, CC BY 3.0 · Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden: Dual Freq, CC BY 2.5 · National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spider Hill: NatFee, CC BY-SA 4.0
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.JPG){kind=link}
