Things to do in Romeoville
Lewis University
Located 30 minutes southwest of Chicago, Lewis University is a comprehensive, Catholic University where the traditions of liberal learning and preparation for professional life provide its educational identity. Find Best Western Lodging nearby. Call 815) 838-0500 for more information.
One University Parkway, Romeoville, IL
66 Speedway
Dubbed the first true "Stadium of Drag Racing," Route 66 Raceway provides top-notch entertainment for all types of racing fans. Route 66 Raceway is a multimillion-dollar complex including a 1/4 mile, 30,000 seat, stadium-style drag strip with 27 luxury suites and a 1/2 mile dirt oval track. Find Best Western Lodging nearby. Call (815) 727-RACE for more information.
Illinois and Michigan Canal Museum
Costumed guides will take groups through the museum, explaining the exhibits and telling stories about the period in which the canal was built. Call (815) 838-5080 for more information.
803 S. State Street, Lockport, Lockport, IL
O'Hara Woods Forest Preserve
O'Hara Woods is a natural prairie grove containing undisturbed mesic upland forest and savanna once typical of the Northeastern Morainal Natural Division. Protected from prairie fires in presettlement times by wet soil and a steep ravine, the grove appeared as an island of trees in the midst of a vast prairie and marsh sea. Today, the woods is surrounded by crop fields. It is one of the last undisturbed maple prairie groves remaining in northeastern Illinois. Call (815) 886-2076 for more information.
Located off of Romeo Road (135th Street) about a mile west of Route 53 in Romeoville., Romeoville, IL
Romeoville Prairie Nature Preserve
Romeoville Prairie contains wet to mesic dolomite prairie, marsh, sedge meadow, springs, fens and floodplain forest on shallow soil over limestone bedrock. These communities are located in the Morainal Section of the Northeastern Morainal Natural Division. The preserve is located in an area that provided an outlet for Glacial Lake Chicago at the end of the last glacial period. The large volumes of water eroded away the glacial deposits and carved bluffs up to 50 feet high. Call (815) 727-8700 for more information.
Just east of Route 53 in Romeoville, Romeoville, IL