Galesburg - county seat of Knox County, Illinois, United States

Galesburg is a city in Illinois.

Get in

By car

• Interstate 74 links Galesburg with the Quad Cities to the north and Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and Champaign-Urbana to the southeast. US Highways 34 and 150 also run through Galesburg.

By train

• Amtrak, 225 S Seminary St, 40.944663°, -90.363945°. Galesburg is served by the California Zephyr (Chicago to the San Francisco Bay Area), Southwest Chief (Chicago to Los Angeles), and the Illinois Zephyr/Carl Sandburg (Chicago to Quincy).

Get around

By bus

• Galesburg Transit (dead link: January 2023) (309 342-4242) provides service Monday through Saturday, with most buses running from 7AM. to 6PM.

See

• Carl Sandburg Birthplace and Boyhood Home, 313 E 3rd St, 40.936364°, -90.366316°, +1 309 342-2361. Apr-Nov: Th-Su 9AM-5PM.
• Knox College, site of a Lincoln - Douglas debate
• Galesburg Railroad Museum, 211 S Seminary St. Lots of rail exhibits including locomotives on display in a city closely tied to the rail industry. F-Su Noon-4PM. Adults $6, Children 8-16 $3. +1 309-342-9400.

Do

Buy

Eat

• The Landmark Cafe & Creperie, 62 S. Seminary St. M-Th 11AM-9PM, F 11AM-10PM, Sa 9AM-10PM, Su 9AM-9PM. Housed in a building designated a landmark site by the City of Galesburg Landmark Commission. 2019-03-20

Drink

Sleep

• Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Galesburg, 901 W Carl Sandburg Dr, 40.974337°, -90.384538°, +1 309-344-1911. 2018-02-09

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