Editing Monticello, Illinois (section)

== Landmarks ==
[[Robert Allerton Park]], which belongs to the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] and includes 1,500 acres of woodland and prairie areas, a meadow, a conference and retreat center, formal sculpture gardens, hiking trails, lodging facilities, a summer camp location, and a Georgian style mansion, is located just outside Monticello, to the southwest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20070727.HTM|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> The Allerton Natural Area within the park was designated a [[National Natural Landmark]] in 1970.<ref name="NPS-Allerton">{{cite web|title=Allerton Natural Area|work=[[National Natural Landmark|National Natural Landmarks Program]] |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|url=http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=ALLE-IL |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012544/http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=ALLE-IL|archive-date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref>

[[Monticello Railway Museum]] is located on the north side of Monticello. The Monticello Railway Museum is a non-profit operating railroad that offers train rides to the public from May to October.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monticello Railway Museum |url=https://www.mrym.org/ |website=Monticello Railway Museum |access-date=June 19, 2023}}</ref>