Gertrude the Cow in Rockford, Illinois

I drove through Rockford, Illinois yesterday, after taking a cheese making class at Angelic Organics in nearby Caledonia. While in town I tracked down this big fiberglass bovine roadside attraction: Gertrude the Cow.

The giant cow statue looks over the farm at Lockwood Park Trailside Equestrian Centre and Children’s Farm. Gertrude the cow is a guernsey cow and colored fawn/brown with white spots. She measures in at about 21 feet long and 19 feet high making her one of the biggest bovine roadside attractions in America. (Even bigger than Sissy the Cow in DeForest, Wisconsin.)

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Gertrude the Cow - giant cow statue in Rockford, Illinois

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Gertrude the Cow
Fiberglass Roadside Attraction

Location: Lockwood Park Trailside Equestrian Centre and Children’s Farm, 5201 Safford Rd., Rockford IL 61101
Cost: Free to see.
Hours: The park is open dawn until dusk, year-round.
Date: June 7, 2008

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Gertrude the Cow is a giant fiberglass guernsey cow in Rockford, Illinois. This oversized bovine roadside attraction is located in Lockwood Park. Visit the weird roadside attraction on an Illinois road trip and be sure to add it to your itinerary and map!
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While you’re in Rockford checking out Gertrude, be sure to stop by Midway Village to explore the old-timey village and the sock monkey museum!

Valerie Bromann

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Valerie Bromann is a a website manager, content creator, and writer from Chicago, Illinois (currently living in Dallas, Texas). As an avid road tripper who has visited hundreds of roadside attractions, Val always pull over for a world’s largest thing. Founder of Silly America and author of The Road Trip Journal & Activity Book, she visits, photographs, and writes about all the weird tourist destinations she visits and offers road trip planning advice and inspiration based on her own travels so you can hit the road for yourself.