2024 Chasecation May 18-28th
Monday and Tuesday storm chase
Maybe on Tuesday
Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum
Peoria
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/108359/famous-memorials?page=1#sr-13239034
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12537377/octave-chanute
Bloomington
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
Adlai Ewing Stevenson – VP 40.4681164,-88.9886314
Wizard of Oz statue https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4083/dorothy-louise-gage
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5896862/giles-alexander-smith
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3555/david-davis
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21026490/charles-rudolph-walgreen 41.8419479,-89.4693262
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28473702/elida-john 41.88569, -89.66852
Wednesday to Saturday
Iowa 80 – The World’s Largest Truckstop, 755 W Iowa 80 Rd, Walcott, IA 52773
Maybe grave in Iowa City
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207602074/bobbie-battista 41.668006, -91.517224
Adair City Park and get photos of the smiley face water tower
Jesse James Historical Site
1469 State Hwy 925, Adair, IA 50002
Niobrara National Scenic River Visitor Center 8:30-4:30 daily
214 W. Highway 20
Valentine, NE 69201
2.5 hour to South Dakota State Capital or Minuteman Missile NHS open 8-4pm closed Sunday and Monday
24545 Cottonwood Road
Philip, SD 57567
Badlands – Ben Reifel Visitor Center 9-4pm
25216 SD-240, Interior, SD 57750
Wall Drug
Mount Rushmore
8:00 AM–5:00 PM daily but could be 8-10pm
Wind Cave National Park
26611 US Highway 385
Hot Springs, SD 57747
8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Jewel Cave National Monument
Visitor Center: Open Daily, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
11149 US-16 B-12, Custer, SD 57730
Devils Tower National Monument Visitor Center
9:00 AM–5:00 PM
340 WY-110, Devils Tower, WY 82714
Maybe 3.5 hours to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, South Unit. 9-4:30 daily
315 2nd Ave, Medora, ND 58645
46.91645916580742, -103.52559749514826
1 hour to Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site 9-5 daily
15550 ND-1804, Williston, ND 58801
48.000302250020134, -104.04509119224355
3 hours to Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site 8-4:30
564 County Rd 37, Stanton, ND 58571
47.33151382257987, -101.3860979904149
1 hour to North Dakota State Capital
Fort Laramie National Historic Site 8-4p
965 Gray Rocks Road
Fort Laramie, WY 82212.
Scotts Bluff National Monument 8:30-4:30
190276 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE 69341
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 9-5pm
301 River Rd, Harrison, NE 69346
Sunday head towards Chicago
Maybe in reverse order
Famous graves in Chicago
Beverly Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205312520/juice-wrld
41.674299, -87.698828
Mount Hope Cemetery 11500 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60655 8:00 AM until 4:15 PM.
Paul Percy Harris
Gustavus Franklin Swift 41.6817627,-87.6922455
Graceland Cemetery 4001 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/105864/famous-memorials
George Pullman Gravesite
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52458994/andrew-mcnally 41.959217, -87.659308
15 mins to Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/940/richard_warren-sears
30 mins to https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/108820/westlawn-cemetery
7801 West Montrose Avenue
Norridge, Illinois 60706 United States
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/911/jack-leon-ruby 41.958301, -87.822251
Roebuck guy from cemetery nextdoor
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10779102/alvah_curtis-roebuck 41.955194, -87.827070
33 mins to https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/106862/memorial-park-cemetery-and-crematorium
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252825887/jerry-springer 42.061649, -87.733895
Robert Reed 42.0583657,-87.7399434
15 mins to Home alone house 671 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka, IL 60093
Pullman National Historical Park
Open today: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
610 E 111th St, Chicago, IL 60628
Indiana Dunes Visitor Center (Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center)
Open today: 8:30 AM–4:30 PM
1215 IN-49
Porter, IN 46304
If in Colorado
Green Mountain Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/57314/famous-memorials?page=1#sr-9466262
George Gamow 39.9942017,-105.2694016
Wiley Blount Rutledge
5 mins Flatiron views 39.998903, -105.282747
4 mins View of Boulder and Denver Panorama Point 760 Flagstaff Rd, Boulder, CO 80302 – 40.005961, -105.292615
5 mins Columbia Cemetery
Thomas “Tom” Horn Jr. 40.0079528,-105.2832417
If extra Time Get tickets for rocky mountains national park https://www.recreation.gov/timed-entry/10086910 This reservation period will be from 5 am to 6 pm.
1.75 hours to Rocky Mountain National Park Trail Ridge Road – 40.440949, -105.755609
Headwaters Colorado River 40.476687, -105.821519 or nearby La Poudre Pass Trailhead 40.480405, -105.822410 hike 3 hours 6 miles or drive 3 hours or 104 miles
Colorado River Trailhead 40.401691, -105.848764
Great Sand Dunes Visitor Center 37.732675, -105.512147
open daily 9:00 am to Noon and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
11999 CO-150, Mosca, CO 81146
46 mins to 2150 State Avenue, Alamosa
Wilhelmina Becker Emperius The witches grave
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53197423/wilhelmina-emperius
Ally White – land in CO – 37.279829,-105.386293 5 acres on the West side of the road, and 5 acres on the East side of the road. Accessing the property is easier if you come in from the East.
32 mins to Piotrowski House – 440 Crystal Peak Rd, Florissant, CO 80816
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument 15807 Co Rd 1, Florissant, CO 80816
30 mins to Colorado Grande Casino & Hotel 300 E Bennett Ave, Cripple Creek, CO 80813
Outlaws & Lawmen Jail Museum 136 W Bennett Ave, Cripple Creek, CO 80813
Pikes Peak 38.840358, -105.042933 open 7:30am to 6pm
Cheyenne Mountain State Park Visitor Center 410 JL Ranch Heights Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80926
Red Rock Canyon Open Space 3550 W High St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
1897 memorial – 107 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829
Manitou Cliff Dwellings 10 Cliff Dwellings Rd, Manitou Springs, CO 80829
Garden of the Gods 1805 N 30th St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904 5am to 10pm
Manitou Incline 38.856831, -104.931826
Bishop Castle 12705 CO-165, Rye, CO 81069
open 9-6pm https://www.bishopcastle.org/
Rocky Mountain National Park
Maybe Ghost Hunt at Stanley Hotel
If going farther west
Mesa Verde National Park 35853 Rd H.5, Mancos, CO 81328
37.336353, -108.408016
Cliff Palace Overlook
Four Corners Monument 36.998605, -109.044902 https://navajonationparks.org/tribal-parks/four-corners-monument/ Monday thru Sunday: 8:00 am – 6:45 pm May 27 to August 19
Navajo Nation Welcome Sign
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park – 17 mile loop road https://navajonationparks.org/tribal-parks/monument-valley/
Louisville
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13067599/wilson-pickett
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5557/william-clarke-quantrill – 38.2639008, -85.7953033
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201/george-rogers-clark
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6865740/charles-w.-anderson
Louisville Cemetery 1339 Poplar Level Road
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/74887/louisville-cemetery
