Rock River Valley
The Rock River Valley is a region in Northern Illinois comprised largely of the communities along and in close proximity to the Rock River, a major tributary of the Mississippi River.Photo: Kranar drogin, CC BY 2.5.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Rockford and Dixon.
Rockford
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Rockford is a city in the Rock River Valley in Northern Illinois. With a population of over 145,000, it is the third largest city in the state.
Dixon
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Dixon is called "The Petunia City" but is probably best known as the boyhood home of former US President Ronald Reagan.
Rochelle
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Rochelle is a city of about 9,500 in the Rock River Valley area of Northern Illinois. It is known as the "Hub City" because of its location at the intersection of several major transportation routes, including both roadways and railways.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Lowden State Park and Sterling-Rock Falls.
Lowden State Park
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Lowden State Park is a state park located in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. It offers scenic views of the Rock River and is the home of Loredo Taft's famous Black Hawk Statue…
Sterling-Rock Falls
Sterling and Rock Falls are adjacent towns in Northern Illinois.Rock River Valley
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Wisconsin and Illinois: tributary of the Mississippi River
- Also known as: “Assenisipi”, “Riviere a la Roche”, “Rock River”, “Rock River (Illinois)”, “Rock River (Wisconsin)”, “Sinnissippi”, and “Sinnissippi River”
- Category: river
- Location: Rock Island, Northern Illinois, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Rock River Valley” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر روك”
- Asturian: “Ríu Rock”
- Bavarian: “Rock River”
- Bulgarian: “Рок Ривър”
- Catalan: “Ahsenisiipi”
- Catalan: “Rock River”
- Catalan: “Rock”
- Cebuano: “Rock River”
- Chinese: “罗克河”
- Dutch: “Rock River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر روك”
- Esperanto: “Rokrivero”
- French: “rivière Rock”
- French: “Rock”
- German: “Rock River”
- Hebrew: “נהר רוק”
- Hebrew: “רוק ריבר”
- Irish: “Abhainn Rock”
- Italian: “Rock River”
- Japanese: “ロック川”
- Mingrelian: “როკ-რივერი (მისისიპიშ ნადუ)”
- Mingrelian: “როკ-რივერი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rock River”
- Piemontese: “Rock River”
- Polish: “Rock River”
- Portuguese: “Rock River”
- Romanian: “Râul Rock”
- Russian: “Рок-Ривер (Иллинойс)”
- Russian: “Рок-Ривер (приток Миссисипи)”
- Russian: “Рок-Ривер (река)”
- Russian: “Рок-Ривер”
- Russian: “Скалистая река”
- Slovenian: “reka Rock”
- Slovenian: “Rock River”
- South Azerbaijani: “روک چایی”
- Spanish: “río Rock”
- Spanish: “Río Rock”
- Venetian: “Rock”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Đá”
- Vietnamese: “sông Rock”
- Vietnamese: “sông Sinnissippi”
- Welsh: “Afon Rock”
- Western Frisian: “Rock River”
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