Macktown County Forest Preserve
Macktown County Forest Preserve is a park in Winnebago, Illinois which is located on Freeport Road. Macktown County Forest Preserve is situated nearby to the village Rockton, as well as near the hamlet Riverdale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Macktown Forest Preserve”
- Address: 2221 Freeport Road, Rockton, IL 61072
Places of Interest
Highlights include Macktown Historic District and Rockton Historic District.
Macktown Historic District
Tourism office
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The Macktown Historic District is a national historic district encompassing the remains of the Macktown settlement in Winnebago County, Illinois. Established in the late 1830s at the confluence of the Pecatonica and Rock Rivers, Macktown was one of the first settlements in northern Illinois.
Rockton Historic District
Park
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The Rockton Historic District is a national historic district which encompasses much of the village of Rockton, Illinois. The district includes 208 buildings, most of which are residential.
H.D. Jameson House
House
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The H.D. Jameson House is a historic house located at 900 North Prairie Street in Rockton, Illinois. Local merchant and farmer H.D. Jameson built the house in 1855.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockton and South Beloit.
Rockton
Village
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Rockton is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois. It is located in the Rock River Valley and is part of the Rockford metropolitan area. The population was 7,863 at the time of the 2020 census.
South Beloit
Village
South Beloit is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburban extension of Beloit, Wisconsin, located along the Illinois–Wisconsin border within the Rockford metropolitan area. The population was 7,989 at the 2020 census. South Beloit is situated 4 miles northeast of Macktown County Forest Preserve.
Roscoe
Village
Roscoe is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois, along the Rock River. It is in a suburban area of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 10,983. Roscoe is situated 4½ miles southeast of Macktown County Forest Preserve.
Macktown County Forest Preserve
- Categories: forest, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Winnebago, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.44672° or 42° 26′ 48″ northLongitude
-89.08932° or 89° 5′ 22″ westElevation
768 feet (234 metres)Open location code
86JGCWW6+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 861271317OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
4900814
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