Control Station

Control Station: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. 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 Control Station

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

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

How to reach Control Station — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.63205, -89.62433. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Control Station

• Peoria Pool · lake · Peoria · ~0 km · Must-see
• Fort Creve Coeur Park & Campground · church · Tazewell · ~2 km · Must-see
• Pekin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area · lake · Tazewell · ~4 km · Must-see
• Peoria Riverfront Museum · museum · Peoria · ~9 km · Must-see
• Laura Bradley Park · park · Peoria · ~10 km · Must-see
• Peoria Zoo · sanctuary · Peoria · ~13 km · Must-see
• Luthy Botanical Garden · sanctuary · Peoria · ~13 km · Must-see
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church · church · Peoria · ~14 km · Must-see
• Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences · museum · Peoria · ~15 km · Must-see
• Farm Creek Section · fort · Tazewell · ~16 km · Must-see
• Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Tazewell · ~16 km · Must-see
• Forest Park Nature Center · park · Peoria · ~18 km · Must-see
• Wildlife Prairie Park · sanctuary · Peoria · ~19 km · Must-see
• Peoria Lake · lake · Woodford · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Tazewell · ~34 km · Must-see
• Metamora Court House State Historic Site · museum · Woodford · ~35 km · Must-see
• Canton Lake · lake · Fulton · ~39 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Fulton · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Control Station

Other forts & heritage near Control Station

• Farm Creek Section · fort · Tazewell · ~16 km · Must-see
• Marshall Site · fort · Marshall · ~49 km · Must-see
• Rockwell Mound · fort · Mason · ~65 km · Must-see
• Dickson Mounds · fort · Fulton · ~65 km · Must-see
• Ogden-Fettie Site · fort · Fulton · ~66 km · Must-see
• Mount Pulaski Courthouse · fort · Logan · ~94 km · Must-see
• Colonel Matthew Rogers Building · fort · Menard · ~94 km · Must-see
• Owen Lovejoy Homestead · fort · Bureau · ~104 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Tomb · fort · Sangamon · ~112 km · Must-see
• Illinois Korean War Memorial · fort · Sangamon · ~113 km · Must-see

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