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Central Illinois
Central Illinois [1] is a region of Illinois extending south from Chicagoland along the border with Indiana. It includes Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, LaSalle, Livingston, McLean, and Shelby counties.
Regions
- Champaign-Urbana metro area- the regions largest metro area
Cities
- Springfield-state capital, historical attractions, and home US President Abraham Lincoln
- Champaign-Urbana-home of the University of Illinois, attractions, nightlife and the region's 'cosmopolitan' center
- Bloomington-Normal-small transportation hub, not very exciting
- Danville-little prairie city, lots of outdoor activity
- Decatur-home of beautiful Lake Decatur
- Pontiac-home to two small museums
- Rantoul-home to the Rantoul Aviation Center and Museum
Other destinations
Understand
This is farm country, but with much to do other than see the corn grow, especially around Champaign-Urbana, home of the world-famous University of Illinois.
Talk
Get in
Get around
See
Do
Eat
Drink
Stay safe
Watch out for tornados...
Get out
This page was last edited at 17:47, on 29 August 2008 by Peter Fitzgerald. Based on work by Tom Holland, Todd VerBeek, Stacy Hall, Jennifer Mitchell, Dionysios, Ryan Holliday, Ravikiran Rao and Bill Johnson, Wikitravel user(s) Nareek, Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel and others.