Dixon, IL

united states

Dixon sits along the Rock River in northwestern Illinois, about 100 miles from Chicago via Interstate 88. This Lee County seat of 15,000 connects to the Quad Cities via US Route 52 and links to nearby Sterling through Route 26. The town features typical Midwest prairie landscape with the scenic Rock River cutting through farmland. Ronald Reagan's restored boyhood home on Hennepin Avenue draws visitors to see where the future president spent his formative years.