ByronFest Directions & Lodging
FROM ROCKFORD - Take IL Bypass 20 West (towards Freeport) to Dixon exit (Route 2). Travel approximately 12 miles south to Byron.
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FROM FREEPORT - (Dubuque, Galena, Savanna, northwest Illinois) Illinois Route 20 East to Pecatonica Road (right before Illinois State Police Headquarters). Turn right (south). Go through Seward. First stop sign out of Seward is Montague Road. Go straight at stop to next stop sign (IL Route 72). Turn left onto 72. Follow to end (72/2). Turn left onto 72/2 to Byron.
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FROM MADISON -(Beloit, Janesville, South Beloit, Rockton) Take I-90 South to Rockford to IL Bypass 20. Take Bypass 20 west (towards Freeport) to Dixon exit (Route 2). Travel approximately 12 miles south to Byron.
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FROM MOLINE -(Rock island, Davenport, Bettendorf, Sterling, Rock Falls) Route 88 East. Take I-88 east to SR-26. Turn right onto SR-2 (east). Travel NE on Route 2 approximately 25 miles to Byron.
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FROM BLOOMINGTON - (Normal, LaSalle, Peru, Mendota, Decatur, Rochelle) Take I-39 (US 51) north to Exit 111. At exit, turn right onto Sr-72. Travel on 72 west approximately 12 miles to stop sign at Intersection of 72 and German Church Road. Turn right. Continue over bridge, and turn left at stop light (Route 72/2).
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FROM HARVARD - (Richmond, Zion, Antioch, Waukegan, far Northeast suburbs) Take 173 west until it ends (straight at Forest Hills Road) at Meridian Road. Turn left onto Meridian Road. Meridian ends at Route 2. Turn right onto Route 2. Continue on Route 2 into Byron.
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FROM DEKALB - (Western Chicago suburbs - Aurora, Naperville, Bolingbrook) Take I-88 west to I-39 north. At Exit 111, turn right (west) onto Route 72. Travel west on Route 72 approximately 12 miles to stop sign at intersection of 72 and German Church Road. Turn right. Continue over bridge, and turn left at stop light (Route 72/2).
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FROM CHICAGO - (Northwest suburbs - Buffalo Grove, DesPlaines, Skokie, Evanston, Elgin) Take I-90 (Northwest Tollway) to IL-20 in Rockford. Take Route 20 Bypass west (towards Freeport) to Dixon exit (Route 2 south). Turn right onto Route 2 south. Travel Route 2 approximately 12 miles south to Byron.
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FROM OAK LAWN - (Southwest suburbs) Take I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) north on I-88 (East-West Tollway). Take I-88 west to I-39 to Exit 111. At exit, turn right onto SR-72. Travel on 72 west approximately 12 miles to stop sign at intersection of 72 and German Church Road. Turn right. Continue over bridge, and turn left at stop light (Route 72/2).