Rockton Bog Nature Preserve

Rockton Bog Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Winnebago, Illinois which is located on Pann Road. Rockton Bog Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Christilla Heights, as well as near the village South Beloit.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blackhawk Farms Raceway and H.D. Jameson House.

Blackhawk Farms Raceway

Sports venue

Photo: jim simonson, CC BY 2.0.

Blackhawk Farms is a 1.95-mile private circuit racetrack located outside South Beloit, Illinois, on a 219-acre farm on the border between Wisconsin and Illinois. Blackhawk Farms was established in 1967, about a decade after nearby Road America.

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

Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Beloit

Photo: Adaml212, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beloit is a city of 37,000 people in Southwest Wisconsin. Its downtown is anchored by a core of historic buildings and the Ironworks office and industrial campus.

Rockton Bog Nature Preserve

Type: Nature reserve
Address: Pann Road, South Beloit, IL 61080
Category: recreation area
Location: Winnebago, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.49227° or 42° 29′ 32″ north

Longitude

-89.10516° or 89° 6′ 19″ west

Elevation

758 feet (231 metres)

Operator

Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Open location code

86JGFVRV+WW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 832747361

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4907987

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blackhawk Farms Raceway LLC Airport and Miller Airport.

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