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130  BEY OND CHIC A GO

Exploring Beyond Chicago

Visitors eager to discover more of Illinois won’t be disappointed by the rich
mix of historical sights, recreational activities, and picturesque countryside
Chicago’s environs have to offer. Excursions to the attractive North Shore
towns of Evanston, Wilmette, Glencoe, and Lake Forest will take you along
the shoreline of Lake Michigan, affording stunning views.
For those wishing to venture farther, the resort area of Lake Geneva
awaits just across the Wisconsin state line. The delightful, historic town
of Galena lies near the Iowa border, a three-and-half hour drive west of
Chicago. The drive to both leads through rural farmland dotted with small
towns and state parks. The typically flat Midwestern terrain gives way to
rolling hills just outside Galena.

Madison Milwaukee
Delavan
Monroe Brodhead
LAKE GENEVA
Shullsburg Kenosha
Hazel Green WISCONSIN Beloit Walworth
East Dubuque
South Beloit Antioch Zion Lake
Michigan
GALENA Harvard Fox Lake Round
Lena Pecatonica River McHenry Lake Beach Waukegan
Apple River Elizabeth Freeport Rockford Belvidere Woodstock Wauconda North Chicago

Marengo Crystal Lake Mundelein LAKE FOREST
Highland Park
Rock River CHICAGO
Byron BOTANIC GARDEN
Savanna Lanark Carpentersville
Mount Genoa Arlington BAHA’I HOUSE
Mount Morris Oregon Elgin Schaumburg Plaines Skokie OF WORSHIP
Heights
Des
Mississippi River Polo ILLINOIS De Kalb Sycamore St Charles Addison NATIONAL VETERANS
Carroll
EVANSTON
ART MUSEUM
Geneva
Wheaton CHICAGO
Dixon Oak
Clinton
Sterling Park
Morrison
Woodridge
Rock Falls Aurora Burbank
Rock River Amboy Bolingbrook Oak Lawn
Prophetstown
Galena’s Belvedere Mansion Moline Springfield
(see p136) Peoria Indianapolis
Key
Highway
Major road
Minor road
Major railroad
Minor railroad
State boundary
A picturesque circular barn near Highway 20, West Galena
Baha’i House of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois For keys to symbols see back flap

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