Quarry (Rockford, Illinois)
USA /
Illinois /
Loves Park /
Rockford, Illinois
World
/ USA
/ Illinois
/ Loves Park
World / United States / Illinois
quarry, interesting place, movie / film / TV location
Steve Fossett took off from this quarry on one of his failed attempts to fly around the world in a hot air balloon. Scenes from the movie "Groundhog Day" were also filmed here. The most well-known scene is the one where a suicidal Phil Connors drives off the edge of the cliff.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°19'52"N 89°0'21"W
- Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum 14 km
- Angelic Organics CSA farm (Community Supported Agriculture) 16 km
- Woodcrest Estates 20 km
- Kirkland Lions Club Annual 4th of July Celebration (Franklin Township Park) 30 km
- New Glarus Brewing Company (new site) 73 km
- Boy Scouts Corn Mazes 79 km
- Lost City Forest (UW Arboretum) 87 km
- Research Park 90 km
- Cave of the Mounds 101 km
- Little Norway 101 km
- Rock Cut State Park 3.4 km
- Atwood Homestead Forest Preserve & Golf Course 7.6 km
- Searls Park 11 km
- Anna Page Conservation Forest 12 km
- Nygren Wetland Preserve 16 km
- Blackhawk Farms Raceway 19 km
- Westlake Village Development 23 km
- Sugar River Forest Preserve 24 km
- Colored Sands Forest Preserve 26 km
- Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve 27 km
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