Best places in Sangamon County, United States to visit (UPDATED April, 2024)

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Historical place

Popular national historic site offering tours of Lincoln's period-furnished, Greek-Revival home.

4.80 (3.8K reviews) (~3.88 km from centre)

Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center

Historical place

Landmark residence of Abraham Lincoln, offering tours of the 12-room house, outbuildings & yard.

4.80 (1.1K reviews) (~3.91 km from centre)

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

History museum

Lincoln museum with historical exhibits, full-size replicas of life scenes & original artifacts.

4.80 (1.1K reviews) (~4.56 km from centre)

Yannis Gyros

Gyro restaurant

Utilitarian Greek counter serve with a few tables, plus classic dishes for takeout.

$ $$$

4.80 (705 reviews) (~1.59 km from centre)

Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center

Memorial park

100-acre woodland & prairie garden honoring Abraham Lincoln, with trails, bridges & a pond.

4.80 (579 reviews) (~8.38 km from centre)

Washington Park

Park

Green space featuring a playground, a bell tower, a botanical garden & 2 ponds with ducks & geese.

4.70 (1.7K reviews) (~4.15 km from centre)

Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site

Museum

👍👍 This place was pretty incredible. First off the drive up to the memorial gives you a great view of how elaborate it is. Second, the architecture is everything you would expect it to be. Third, you get a great feeling of how important this structure is when walking around inside. It was designed...

4.90 (326 reviews) (~6.82 km from centre)

Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site

Historical landmark

Reconstruction of the village where Abraham Lincoln spent his young adulthood, with camping & more.

4.70 (1.3K reviews) (~29.57 km from centre)

PITA-OR-BOWL

Mediterranean restaurant

👍👍 I will be back again!!! I've been wanting to come by Pita or Bowl for a long time. Everything is amazing. I should have gotten the small bowl. I got the medium with two proteins and I am stuffed with quite a bit left over for tomorrow. I happened to walk in just before a very large group placed an o...

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4.80 (504 reviews) (~2.68 km from centre)