Dixon is called "The Petunia City" but is probably best known as the boyhood home of former US President Ronald Reagan.
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Map of Dixon (Illinois)
Get around
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[edit]- 1 Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, 816 S Hennepin Ave, ☏ +1 815 288-5176, [email protected]. Open April 1st to October 31st: 10am - 4pm Monday - Saturday. The Reagan family's home from 1920-1923, this white house has a gift shop and memorial garden for the late president.
- 2 Northwest Territory Historic Center, 205 West 5th Street, ☏ +1 815-288-5508, [email protected]. This museum is located in the school building where Reagan attended 7th and 8th grades. Free, donations welcome.
- 3 Lowell Park.
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[edit]- Quality Inn Dixon, 136 Plaza Dr, ☏ +1 779-677-2204. Located halfway between Chicago and the Quad Cities near the intersection of I-88 and IL Route 26, and sits along three major tourism trails, which includes The Ronald Reagan Trail, The Historic Lincoln Highway and the Northwest Passage Heritage Corridor.
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[edit]| Routes through Dixon |
| Davenport ← Rock Falls ← | W  E
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→ Rochelle → Chicago |
| Rochester ← Dubuque ← | W  E
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→ Jct N   S → Joliet
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| Beloit ← Rockford ← | N  S
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→ Sterling → END |
| Madison ← Freeport ← | N  S
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→ Jct W  E → East Peoria → Peoria via 
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| END ← | W  E
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→ Rochelle → Hillside |