Western Drive to a Gastropub
January 20, 2022
This western suburban drive picks up on the west bound I-88 and then switches to the side roads for a tour along the Aurora West Forest Preserve, the Bliss Creek Golf Course, the Sugar Grove Pumpkin Farm, the Blackberry Maples Forest Preserve and the Dick Young Forest Preserve before taking you to the interesting Hardware Sustainable Gastropub and Brewery.
Drive 25 mi, about 32 minutes.

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Drive 25 mi, about 32 minutes
Map Point A
Start of mapped route. Head west on I-88 W Toll Road
6.67 mi
Take exit 113 for IL-56 W toward US-30/IL-47/Sugar Grove
0.698 mi
Continue onto IL-56 W
600 ft to
Map Point B
IL-56, Sugar Grove, IL 60554, USA
1.53 mi, 1 minute
Head southwest on IL-56 W
1.38 mi
Slight right onto Golf View Rd
804 ft to
Map Point C
Near Golf View Rd, Sugar Grove, IL 60554, USA
1.80 mi, 3 minutes
Head west on Golf View Rd
0.279 mi
Turn left onto Hankes Rd
1.14 mi
Turn right onto Bliss Rd
1,273 ft
Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Merrill Rd
761 ft to
Map Point D
Near 560 Merrill Rd, Sugar Grove, IL 60554, USA
3.58 mi, 4 minutes
Head northwest on Merrill Rd toward Windsor Dr
1.72 mi
Turn right onto IL-47 N
1.69 mi
Turn right onto Green St
899 ft to
Map Point E
Near 2S357 IL-47, Elburn, IL 60119, USA
3.24 mi, 4 minutes
Head north on Green St
2.53 mi
Turn right onto Hughes Rd
0.709 mi to
Map Point F
Near 41W743 Hughes Rd, Elburn, IL 60119, USA
4.62 mi, 6 minutes
Head east on Hughes Rd
0.741 mi
Turn right onto Bunker Rd
1.23 mi
Turn left onto Main St/Main Street Rd
2.35 mi
Turn right onto Nelson Lake Rd
0.308 mi to
Map Point G
Near 1S849 Nelson Lake Rd, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
2.31 mi, 3 minutes
Head south on Nelson Lake Rd
1.04 mi
Continue onto Deerpath Rd
1.15 mi
Turn left onto Tanner Rd
328 ft
Turn right onto Madison St
138 ft
Turn left Destination will be on the left
167 ft to
Map Point H
Destination
2000 W Orchard Rd, North Aurora, IL 60542, USA
Enjoy lunch or dinner.
End of mapped route