Root Park

Root Park: 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 park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Root Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

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 Root Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.87588, -90.18956. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Root Park

• Van Allen Building · sanctuary · Clinton · ~5 km · Must-see
• Bickelhaupt Arboretum · sanctuary · Clinton · ~6 km · Must-see
• Albany Mounds State Historic Site · fort · Clinton · ~14 km · Must-see
• Morrison-Rockwood State Park · park · Whiteside · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lake Carlton Dam · lake · Whiteside · ~24 km · Must-see
• Goose Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Clinton · ~25 km · Must-see
• Prophetstown State Park · sanctuary · Whiteside · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lost Grove Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Scott · ~40 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Bill Museum · museum · Scott · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lone Star (towboat) · attraction · Scott · ~42 km · Must-see
• Scott County Freedom Rock · attraction · Scott · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lake Carroll Dam · lake · Carroll · ~52 km · Must-see
• Dillon Home Museum · museum · Whiteside · ~54 km · Must-see
• Bellevue State Park · sanctuary · Jackson · ~55 km · Must-see
• Sinnissippi_Mounds · fort · Whiteside · ~56 km · Must-see
• Duck Creek Park · park · Scott · ~58 km · Must-see
• Dam No. 12 · lake · Jo Daviess · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lindsay Park · park · Scott · ~60 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Root Park

Other parks near Root Park

• Morrison-Rockwood State Park · park · Whiteside · ~24 km · Must-see
• Duck Creek Park · park · Scott · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lindsay Park · park · Scott · ~60 km · Must-see
• Indian Springs Park · park · Scott · ~61 km · Must-see
• Vander Veer Botanical Park · park · Scott · ~61 km · Must-see
• LeClaire Park · park · Scott · ~64 km · Must-see
• Fejervary Park · park · Scott · ~64 km · Must-see
• Big Mill Homestead · park · Jackson · ~65 km · Must-see
• Centennial Park · park · Scott · ~65 km · Must-see
• Veteran's Memorial Park · park · Scott · ~65 km · Must-see

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