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Rockford Sights and Landmarks Guide, Illinois

Rockford, IL US - Sights - Enjoy the pleasing sights in the City of Gardens!

Rockford, Illinois in US widely known as the Forest city offers many pleasing sights for the tourists.  The city is famous for its cultural history and arts, gardens, outdoor games and other amusing activities. Travelers to Rockford may enjoy the endless events of sporting activities and is also the main area of golf lovers. A visit to this beautiful city can offer you a soothing effect to both your eyes and mind.   

Amazing arts

The Kantorei, so called the Rockford’s singing boys, a local as well as international choir performing team of young boys offer world class music to the audience. The biggest musical event in Illinois is held every weekend that binds together the fun, music, drinks and food.  There is numerous music and dance centers in the city that include the famous Summerwood, Symphony Orchestra and Rockford Dance Association.   

Awesome Gardens and Parks

The Klehm botanical garden and arboretum offers comforting greenery with a wide variety of both native and international plants.  It is a full family entertainer comprising of Children’s garden, Butterfly garden, Fountain garden and Hosta garden.  The Anderson Japanese Garden is another popular place in Rockford that includes a formal as well as an international garden with extensive Japanese charm.  The Sinnissippi Greenhouse and Garden is another remarkable area of attraction. The greenhouse holds varying floral exhibitions, temperate cascade as well as gorgeous bird sanctuary and beautiful fishes.  The garden comprises of attributed rose plants all around and colourful budding flora.   

Sports and Leisure

The sporting entertainment includes the great rivers ride, Raceways and Icehouse of indoor skating.  The Ski Broncs are highly experienced water ski team that performs between June and September period to entertain the viewers.  The famous baseball and hockey team that entertain the travellers are known as Rockford Riverhawks and Icehogs respectively.  The Rockford River that flows through the centre portion of Rockford provides an eternal resource of leisure to the tourists and the residence equally.    

Family Entertainment area

Rockford is a well-known area of family entertainment that offers different types of parks, musical festivals and discovery museums.  The famous museums include the Burpee and Discovery museum that explore the natural history of the living world.  The volcano falls Adventure Park is another area of wonder where you can find the soccer cages, golf region and even artificial erupting volcano.  Rockford also provides a large variety of malls to help the visitors make their shopping experience a remarkable one. 

Besides all these outstanding features, numerous other hotspots, which gains a large international traffic, are found in the city.   

 
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