The Illinois
River Road National Scenic Byway stretches 291 miles along the east
and west sides of the Illinois River from Ottawa to Havana, and is
notable for its natural and historic qualities. The route was
designated a National Scenic Byway in 2005 – one in 150 of
America’s Byways® throughout the U.S. Its six gateway
communities include Ottawa, Princeton, Peoria, Pekin, Canton, and
Havana with several other portal communities along the byway.
This cache is one of 15 placed in the Ottawa Gateway for the
Illinois River Road series. The series has a total of 90 geocaches.
Collect 10 of the 15 four-digit cache codes from each gateway to be
eligible for a specially designed Illinois River Road coin (one
unique coin for each gateway community). Please visit
www.illinoisriverroad.org/geocaching for more details on this
series of caches.
Please note the following:
1. Geocache is placed on Department managed property with
permission.
2. Do not place the following items in the Geocache: Food
items,inappropriate,offensive, or hazardous materials.
3. It is the visitors responsibility to orient themselves with
policies and rules pertaining to this Department managed site.