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Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway

100 SW Water Street
Peoria, Illinois 61602
309-495-5909 illinoisriverroad.org

The Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway unites more than 100 nature-based destinations throughout the Illinois River Valley, beginning in Ottawa and ending 140 miles south in Havana. The Byway showcases great places where visitors and residents alike can go to discover and experience the nature of the region.

Illinois Waterway Visitor Center

Illinois Waterway Visitor Center
US Army Corps of Engineers
Route 1; 950 North 27th Road
Ottawa, Illinois 61350
815-667-4054

Ever want to see the operation of a lock and dam? The Illinois Waterway Visitor Center offers you that as well as impressive towboats of mammoth proportions navigating through the Starved Rock Lock, which is one of eight on the Illinois Waterway.