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Kankakee Facilities and Services

Satellite Imagery Overlay | In Town Cue Sheets and Map | In-Town Transportation | Main Lodging
Dinner | Supported Hotel | Final Get Together | Swimming Pool | Bike Shop | Laundry | Grocery Store
Hospital | Amtrak Train Station | Long Term Parking | Greyhound Bus Station | Local Bus Service
Taxicabs


Satellite Imagery Overlay

Click Here for all supported facilities, services, and in town cycling routes in Kankakee overlaid on satellite imagery.


In Town Cue Sheets and Map

Click Here to download the in town cue sheets and map for Kankakee.


In-Town Transportation
The Kankakee County Convention and Visitor's Bureau is sponsoring a complimentary trolley bus available from 3:30 PM - 9:30 PM to take you to dinner or any other supported facility or service listed below!


Main Lodging and Swimming Pool

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School
700 W. North St.
Bradley, IL 60915
(815) 933-1741
1.7 miles from the supported hotel
Click Here for the main lodging site map

THE FACILITY IS NOT AIR CONDITIONED. If you want to sleep in air conditioning you will need to reserve a room at the supported hotel and Click Here to inform us of your supported hotel baggage delivery service needs.

Note that you will have to walk a little way across the parking lot to get to the cafeteria area for breakfast. Click Here for more information overlaid on satellite imagery.

Swimming pool hours:

  • Family (open) swim: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm and 7:00 - 9:00 pm
  • Adult lap swim: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Swimming pool price: $3.00 per person


Dinner

Coyote Canyon
1359 Locke Dr.
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
(815) 936-0120
Hours: 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
2.4 miles from the main lodging site
1.5 miles from the supported hotel

After 3:30 pm you can take the free trolley provided by the Kankakee Convention and Visitors Bureau to dinner so you can leave your bike at either the main lodging site or supported hotel location and not need to lock it up during dinner.


Supported Hotel and Final Get Together

Quality Inn & Suites and Oliver's Bar and Grill
800 N. Kinzie Ave.
Bradley, IL 60915
(815) 939-3501
Check in time is at 3:00 pm.
1.7 miles from the main lodging site

All rooms: $60.00 plus tax

Call to make a reservation under the "Bicycle Illinois" room block. The room block will be held until June 16th, 2009.

All rooms are non-smoking. The hotel has a swimming pool and a whirlpool, but does not have laundry machines available.

In addition to a continental style breakfast, a hot breakfast buffet is also included in registration and includes eggs, pancakes, french toast, sausage, and potatoes.

Click Here to inform us of your supported hotel baggage delivery service needs after you have initially registered.

We will have a final get together at Oliver's Bar and Grill from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Come join us to celebrate the completion of the century ride and our last night together. You will be able to ride the trolley bus back to the main lodging site instead of biking there after sunset.


Bike Shop

Tern of the Wheel
404 W. Broadway
Bradley, IL 60915
(815) 933-9152
Hours: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
0.8 miles from the main lodging site
2.3 miles from the supported hotel

The owner Steve will also be on call for after hours emergency support via his personal cell phone which will be distributed directly to participants only.

Click Here for our mechanical support services policies and procedures.


Laundry

Wash 'N Dry
265 Stebbings Ct.
Bradley, IL 60915
(815) 935-1707
Hours: Open 24 hours
0.6 miles from the main lodging site
1.2 miles from the supported hotel

Grocery Store

Super K-Mart
990 N. Kinzie Avenue
Bradley, IL 60915
(815) 932-9393
Hours: Open 24 hours
2.0 miles from the main lodging site
1.1 miles from the supported hotel

Hospital

Provena St. Mary's Hospital
500 W. Court St.
Kankakee, IL 60901
(815) 937-2490
2.3 miles from the main lodging site,
3.7 miles from the supported hotel

Click Here for our medical support services policies and procedures


Amtrak Train Station and Long Term Parking

199 South East Ave.
Kankakee, IL 60901
(800) USA-RAIL (872-7245)
Click Here for additional station information including station and service hours, ticketing hours, and checked baggage service.
2.6 miles from the main lodging site
4.1 miles from the supported hotel

The station is unstaffed and opens 30 minutes before train departures/arrivals. There are no ticket sales at the station.

For the most current train schedules between Chicago and Carbondale Click Here to access Amtrak's "Illinois Service" web page and click on "Chicago - Carbondale" under "Schedules".

There is no charge for long term parking in Kankakee.

Click Here to inform us of your long term parking plans.


Greyhound Bus Station

Economy Inn
2125 S. Schuyler
Kankakee, IL 60901
(800) 231-2222 fare and schedule information
(815) 929-1135
Station Hours: 24 hours
Ticketing Hours: 5:30 am - 7:00 pm
4.2 miles from the main lodging site
5.7 miles from the supported hotel

Local Bus Service

River Valley Metro
(815) 937-4287


Taxicabs

Kankakee Kab Ko
(815) 936-0068
Hours: Open 24 hours
Big Larry's Cabs & Limo
(815) 802-0607
Taxi by SMTS
(815) 933-4433

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