Chicagoland Speedway Travel Information (Joliet, IL)

Lockport and the Illinois & Michigan Canal - Chicago One of the most picturesque towns in the Chicagoland area, Lockport clearly reflects its canal heritage from the 1800s. Established as the headquarters of the Illinois & Michigan Canal in 1836, Lockpo... Lockport, IL

NASCAR - Chicagoland Speedway: Get Your Kicks on Route 66 Chicagoland Speedway and the adjacent Route 66 Raceway are quietly cut among miles of silo-tall fields of corn, and they offer a stark contrast to the serenity of the fertile farmland that seems to st... Joliet, IL

South Environs of Chicagoland around Joliet, Kankakee, and Morris, Illinois Will County’s seat, Joliet, may call to mind only The Blues Brothers (part of the movie was set here) and an infamous state prison. But this community of 78,000, 40 miles southwest of Chicago, has oth... Joliet, IL

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Joliet Iron Works Hike (Distance: 0.7 mi) The Joliet Iron Works Historic Site provides a snapshot of how a large-scale iron-making operation worked in the late nineteenth century. Through reading the interpretive signs and wandering among the...

Joliet, IL - Hiking - length:1.3 mi

Wauponsee Glacial Trail (Distance: 1.3 mi) Traveling along the Wauponsee Glacial Trail, you’ll be surprised just how quickly you can move from an urban environment into the rolling fields of the Midwest. Starting in Joliet, within shouting dis...

Chicago, IL - Rail-Trails - length:18.5 mi

Wauponsee Glacial Trail (Distance: 1.3 mi) One of the newest rail trails in the state, the Wauponsee Glacial Trail runs from Joliet to the Kankakee River, mostly through wide-open farmland. After passing the town of Manhattan, the trail skirts...

Joliet, IL - Rail trails - length:22.3 mi

I&M Canal Trail (Distance: 1.5 mi) In 1848 the Illinois and Michigan Canal provided the final shipping link between the East Coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico. From Chicago the canal angled southwest, running beside the...

Rockdale, IL - Rail trails - length:61.9 mi

Pilcher Park Loop (Distance: 3.1 mi) Pilcher Park offers an appealing mix of graceful ravines, lush bottomland forest, and small winding streams. Toward the end of the hike, you’ll see a couple of area landmarks from the 1920s: a still u...

New Lenox, IL - Hiking - length:3.3 mi

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Joliet Joliet Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6425 yards, par 72 2.5 miles from center of Chicagoland Speedway

Inwood Inwood Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6078 yards, par 71 4.1 miles from center of Chicagoland Speedway

Woodruff Woodruff Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 5424 yards, par 68 4.1 miles from center of Chicagoland Speedway

South Broken Arrow Golf Club Public, 18 holes 3469 yards, par 36 4.8 miles from center of Chicagoland Speedway

East Broken Arrow Golf Club Public, 18 holes 3476 yards, par 36 4.8 miles from center of Chicagoland Speedway

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