Pluto Monument

Pluto Monument: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Pluto Monument

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Pluto Monument — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.14744, -88.83557. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pluto Monument

• LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · LaSalle · ~26 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Rock State Park · sanctuary · LaSalle · ~26 km · Must-see
• Illini State Park · sanctuary · LaSalle · ~27 km · Must-see
• Matthiessen State Park · sanctuary · LaSalle · ~28 km · Must-see
• Starved Rock State Park · sanctuary · LaSalle · ~29 km · Must-see
• Volvo Island · attraction · LaSalle · ~29 km · Must-see
• Gebhard Woods State Park · park · Grundy · ~51 km · Must-see
• William G. Stratton State Park · park · Grundy · ~52 km · Must-see
• Senachwine Lake · lake · Putnam · ~55 km · Must-see
• Donnelley State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Putnam · ~56 km · Must-see
• Lake Depue State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Bureau · ~56 km · Must-see
• Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge - Billsbach Unit · sanctuary · Marshall · ~57 km · Must-see
• Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Grundy · ~59 km · Must-see
• Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge - Cameron Unit · sanctuary · Marshall · ~60 km · Must-see
• Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve · sanctuary · McLean · ~60 km · Must-see
• Heidecke Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Grundy · ~62 km · Must-see
• Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area · lake · Grundy · ~62 km · Must-see
• Marshall Site · fort · Marshall · ~68 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pluto Monument

Other forts & heritage near Pluto Monument

• Marshall Site · fort · Marshall · ~68 km · Must-see
• Owen Lovejoy Homestead · fort · Bureau · ~71 km · Must-see
• Briscoe Mounds · fort · Will · ~75 km · Must-see
• Farm Creek Section · fort · Tazewell · ~95 km · Must-see
• Ellwood House · fort · DeKalb · ~110 km · Must-see
• William Beith House · fort · Kane · ~119 km · Must-see
• Sinnissippi_Mounds · fort · Whiteside · ~125 km · Must-see
• Dunham Castle · fort · Kane · ~126 km · Must-see
• Beecher Mausoleum · fort · Lake · ~130 km · Must-see
• Chana School House · fort · Ogle · ~131 km · Must-see

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