The Byron Museum of History is located at the corner of Illinois Route 2 and Union Street (Hwy 72) in the heart of scenic Byron. Our address is 110 N Union Street, Byron, Illinois, 61010. Click here to receive directions from your starting address.
There is free parking on the street in front of the Museum, as well as 2 free city parking lots within 2 blocks. To print a full sized map of the downtown Byron area, please click here.
| From Rockford |
Take
IL bypass 20 west (towards Freeport) to Dixon exit (route 2) Turn right
onto 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 Rd. Go straight at stop to next stop sign (Illinois 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
Illinois Bypass 20. Take Bypass 20 west (towards Freeport) to Dixon
exit (route 2). Turn right onto Route 2 south. Travel approximately 12
miles south to Byron.
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| From Moline |
(Rock
Island, Davenport, Bettendorf, Sterling, Rockfalls) Route 88 East. Take
I-88 east to SR- 26. Turn right onto 26 (north). Turn right on 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 11. At exit, turn right onto SR-72. Travel on 72 west
approximately 12 miles to stop sign at intersection of 72 and German
Church Rd. Turn Right. Continue over bridge, and turn left at
stoplight. (Route 72/2)
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| From Harvard |
(Richmond,
Zion, Antioch, Waukegan, far Northeast suburbs) Take 173 West until in
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 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 2. Travel west to
Route 72 approximately 12 miles to stop sign at Intersection of 72 and
German Church Rd. Turn right. Continue over Bridge, and turn left at
stoplight (Route 72/2)
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| From Chicago |
(Northwest
suburbs- buffalo grove, Des Plaines, Skokie, Evanston, Elgin) Take I-90
(northwest Toll way) to Illinois-20 Rockford. Take route 20-bypass west
(towards Freeport) to Dixon exit (Route 2 south). Turn right onto route
2 south. Take route 2 approximately 12 miles to Byron.
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| From Oak Lawn |
(Southwest
suburbs) Take 294 (tri-state toll way) north to I-88 (east-west toll
way) Take I-88 west to I-39. Go north on 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). |
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