Illinois isn't flat

[jmacswimmer]

Illinois' high point is called the Willis Tower.

You win the thread.  Congratulations!

Willis?...what you talkin about?  Everyone knows it's the Sears Tower.

Not sure if you're joking, but if you're not, this sort of thing ticks me off . . . stuff changes over time, get over it. Willis is a better name than Sears anyways.

Sears Tower 

DA SEARSSSSSSSS

[Rothman]

I preferred the Different Strokes reference.

[kphoger]

If FritzOwl wasn't a coward:
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L.  O.  Freaking.  L.

[Lukeisroads]

Illinois' high point is called the Willis Tower.

You win the thread.  Congratulations!

Willis?...what you talkin about?  Everyone knows it's the Sears Tower.

Not sure if you're joking, but if you're not, this sort of thing ticks me off . . . stuff changes over time, get over it. Willis is a better name than Sears anyways.

Sears Tower 

DA SEARSSSSSSSS

DEEZ SEARS HAH GOTEEM

[Scott5114]

Why would anyone even want to be associated with Sears in 2021?

[Max Rockatansky]

Why would anyone even want to be associated with Sears in 2021?

Sears is like Jack Sparrow, shit pirate but at least you've heard of him.  Nobody has heard of Willis. 

[Max Rockatansky]

Perfect car accessory or does it need to point out all the mildly hilly terrain in Illinois also?

https://fb.watch/7tmIA5swqY/

[Crash_It]

More evidence that Illinois isn't flat.

https://youtu.be/PQkDKuhVqtI

[Max Rockatansky]

Nah, Illinois is still flat.

[JayhawkCO]

More evidence that Illinois is flat.

Fixed it for ya.

Looks pretty darn flat.

Chris

[formulanone]

Billiard Table < Florida < Illinois < Louisiana < everywhere else

[Crash_It]

Nah, Illinois is still flat.

Nope,look at the map I put in the video, that should be enough proof on its own.

[Rothman]

Nah, Illinois is still flat.

Nope,look at the map I put in the video, that should be enough proof on its own.

It is flat.

[sprjus4]

Nah, Illinois is still flat.

Nope,look at the map I put in the video, that should be enough proof on its own.

It's flat.

[Max Rockatansky]

Nah, Illinois is still flat.

Nope,look at the map I put in the video, that should be enough proof on its own.

I lived in Illinois and I've been to every county in the state.  There is nothing you can present that will dissuade me from the opinion it is among the flattest states.  Why you insist on this weird notion of presenting your home state as something more than it is baffles me.

In other words...it is flat. 

[US 89]

There actually are some hills in the far southern part of Illinois. They aren't all that impressive by any means, but it's at least something. I drove through on I-24 a month ago and was pleasantly surprised by the nonzero amount of terrain variation down there... but maybe my expectations had lowered a bit after driving there from St Louis on I-64 and I-57, which is an exceptionally flat and boring route. I'd fall asleep if not for the tremendous amounts of truck trarffic on those freeways.

The funny thing is, every time crash-it has tried to present Illinois as a place that's "scenic" and not flat... none of the examples posted are ever from that part of the state. They are all flat roads through random cornfields somewhere in central or northern IL.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

There actually are some hills in the far southern part of Illinois. They aren't all that impressive by any means, but it's at least something. I drove through on I-24 a month ago and was pleasantly surprised by the nonzero amount of terrain variation down there... but maybe my expectations had lowered a bit after driving there from St Louis on I-64 and I-57, which is an exceptionally flat and boring route. I'd fall asleep if not for the tremendous amounts of truck trarffic on those freeways.

The funny thing is, every time crash-it has tried to present Illinois as a place that's "scenic" and not flat... none of the examples posted are ever from that part of the state. They are all flat roads through random cornfields somewhere in central or northern IL.

I agree. But I'll repeat what I said in the I-180 discussion in the Great Lakes board - just having a few hills doesn't automatically make a road scenic, or as kphoger said, "the opposite of boring".

[Crash_It]

There actually are some hills in the far southern part of Illinois. They aren't all that impressive by any means, but it's at least something. I drove through on I-24 a month ago and was pleasantly surprised by the nonzero amount of terrain variation down there... but maybe my expectations had lowered a bit after driving there from St Louis on I-64 and I-57, which is an exceptionally flat and boring route. I'd fall asleep if not for the tremendous amounts of truck trarffic on those freeways.

The funny thing is, every time crash-it has tried to present Illinois as a place that's "scenic" and not flat... none of the examples posted are ever from that part of the state. They are all flat roads through random cornfields somewhere in central or northern IL.

They aren't flat roads though. Stephenson County Route 2 had plenty of terrain variation as does the stagecoach trail. Actually drove that more extensively at night back in 2019 and had a lot of fun with the rollercoaster nature of the road. The way even up to there wasn't flat either. I just produced what was the most exciting portion of the almost 3 hours I drove that day. I have a video of the great river road in Southern Illinois on my channel that I posted in this thread too. There are roads that I filmed down there as well but haven't produced yet.

[thspfc]

There actually are some hills in the far southern part of Illinois. They aren't all that impressive by any means, but it's at least something. I drove through on I-24 a month ago and was pleasantly surprised by the nonzero amount of terrain variation down there... but maybe my expectations had lowered a bit after driving there from St Louis on I-64 and I-57, which is an exceptionally flat and boring route. I'd fall asleep if not for the tremendous amounts of truck trarffic on those freeways.

The funny thing is, every time crash-it has tried to present Illinois as a place that's "scenic" and not flat... none of the examples posted are ever from that part of the state. They are all flat roads through random cornfields somewhere in central or northern IL.

They aren't flat roads though. Stephenson County Route 2 had plenty of terrain variation as does the stagecoach trail. Actually drove that more extensively at night back in 2019 and had a lot of fun with the rollercoaster nature of the road. The way even up to there wasn't flat either. I just produced what was the most exciting portion of the almost 3 hours I drove that day. I have a video of the great river road in Southern Illinois on my channel that I posted in this thread too. There are roads that I filmed down there as well but haven't produced yet.

Goodness me. Yes, Crash_It, there are some roads in Illinois that are not totally completely flat (ish). But if you insist that Illinois as a whole is not flat, then why don't you go film yourself clinching every single mile of highway in the state, rather than just a few stretches of road in a select couple counties way up in the corner.

If there is one more "well ackshually there are like two hills in southern Illinois so therefore the entire state is hilly"  post . . .

[ET21]

Nah, Illinois is still flat.

Nope,look at the map I put in the video, that should be enough proof on its own.

It's flat, you took video in the one county that isn't completely "flat" because its the Driftless Area. OVERALL, this state is flat

[Crash_It]

Nah, Illinois is still flat.

Nope,look at the map I put in the video, that should be enough proof on its own.

It's flat, you took video in the one county that isn't completely "flat" because its the Driftless Area. OVERALL, this state is flat

There's more than one county that isn't flat. Here they are of the ones I've visited in addition to the ones I've mentioned in the video

Bond, Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Clark, Clay,Clinton, Cook, Cumberland, DeKalb, DuPage, Effingham,Fayette, Gallatin (have a video proving this), Jackson , Jefferson, Jersey, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall (video coming soon proving this), Lake, LaSalle (have a few videos already proving this),Lee,Logan, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, McLean, Monroe, Putnam, Saline, Sangamon, Shelby, St. Clair, Washington, Wayne and Will

[JayhawkCO]

"I stood on a rock once in Illinois; ergo, it is not flat."

Chris

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Nah, Illinois is still flat.

Nope,look at the map I put in the video, that should be enough proof on its own.

It's flat, you took video in the one county that isn't completely "flat" because its the Driftless Area. OVERALL, this state is flat

There's more than one county that isn't flat. Here they are of the ones I've visited in addition to the ones I've mentioned in the video

Bond, Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Clark, Clay,Clinton, Cook, Cumberland, DeKalb, DuPage, Effingham,Fayette, Gallatin (have a video proving this), Jackson , Jefferson, Jersey, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall (video coming soon proving this), Lake, LaSalle (have a few videos already proving this),Lee,Logan, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, McLean, Monroe, Putnam, Saline, Sangamon, Shelby, St. Clair, Washington, Wayne and Will

37/102 still leaves 65 flat counties. no?

[Crash_It]

Nah, Illinois is still flat.

Nope,look at the map I put in the video, that should be enough proof on its own.

It's flat, you took video in the one county that isn't completely "flat" because its the Driftless Area. OVERALL, this state is flat

There's more than one county that isn't flat. Here they are of the ones I've visited in addition to the ones I've mentioned in the video

Bond, Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Clark, Clay,Clinton, Cook, Cumberland, DeKalb, DuPage, Effingham,Fayette, Gallatin (have a video proving this), Jackson , Jefferson, Jersey, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall (video coming soon proving this), Lake, LaSalle (have a few videos already proving this),Lee,Logan, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, McLean, Monroe, Putnam, Saline, Sangamon, Shelby, St. Clair, Washington, Wayne and Will

37/102 still leaves 65 flat counties. no?

More than 37, those are just of the ones I've visited. There's only 4 counties I've visited that are actually flat. Douglas, Ford, Grundy and Livingston. You can look on the horizon in either of these counties and see straight ahead for miles

[sprjus4]

Some rolling hills and plains doesn't make it "not flat" .