Rockford

Rockford, the largest Illinois city outside the Chicago metro area, sits on the Rock River in the state's far north, with a walkable downtown that has been actively revitalized since the late 1990s. The city is home to the Anderson Japanese Gardens, the Tinker Swiss Cottage, the Coronado Theatre, and the Burpee Museum of Natural History, and has a notable music history tied to Cheap Trick and the Mendelssohn Club. Once a centre of heavy machinery and furniture manufacturing, it has since diversified into automotive and healthcare industries.

• Population148,278
• Nearest water from center0.2 km
• Nearest mountain from center0.4 km