BUREAU COUNTY ILLINOIS
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Bureau County filled with simple pleasures and hidden treasures

 

Nov 1 - Pack Our Parks from 10-11am.  Come out to the Hennepin Canal Parkway and bring all the family and friends to show your support to Keep the Canal and other state parks open.  

Help save the Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park

Please call or write your congressmen, click on the above link for a listing.

Sign our on-line petition to "Save our Canal"
Pass on this link.

 

 

Welcome to
Bureau County in Illinois

Take a drive across the quiet countryside-where the beauty of the prairie meets Midwestern charm for a relaxing, fun-filled excursion.

You'll love the endless attractions of our boutique shopping district, where you can browse through antiques, admire one-of-a-kind gifts, chat with friendly, knowledgeable proprietors, and take home a treasure or two.

Recreation opportunities abound, to enjoy horseback riding, bicycling and picnicking in one of the area's most beautiful parks, where the delights change with the seasons.

There's so much to discover in beautiful Bureau County, you'll want to come back again and again.

Bureau County is located in North Central Illinois 115 miles southwest of Chicago and 65 miles east of the Quad Cities on Interstate 80.

 

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Presented by the Bureau County Tourism Council
Cathy Foes, Tourism Coordinator
815-915-3192