A small town where Route 66 meets I-55
Litchfield, Illinois, sits at the crossing of Historic Route 66 and Interstate 55. Visitors come for classic road landmarks, a lake with a beach and trails, and a full calendar of local events. Explore Litchfield, released on the App Store and Google Play in February 2026, packs all of it into a trip planner. CLR Digital Solutions, a local developer, built the app with AppPresser's app builder.
A hometown project by a local developer
CLR Digital Solutions is based in Litchfield. It builds, hosts and maintains WordPress sites, mobile apps and print publications, and it has a particular interest in chambers of commerce and Main Street programs. Its apps sync with a client's WordPress site through AppPresser. With Explore Litchfield, the company applied that approach to its own town.
Five tabs
Home starts at the Route 66 Welcome Center, with buttons for Attractions, Lodging, Dining and Businesses that show how many listings each has, followed by a row of featured spots.
Explore covers the history and the outdoors: the Ariston Café, the Sky View Drive-In, the Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center, Lake Lou Yaeger with its beach and marina, and nearby trails and conservation areas.
Map shows every place and event with color coded pins, category filters, details for each pin and a locate me button.
Events lists markets, festivals and meetings.
Saved holds the places and events a visitor has hearted. Visitors can arrange them into a trip, put the stops in order and share it. Saved items stay available with no signal, and no account is required. The store listing promises no tracking.
Visitors and locals alike
Road trippers following Route 66, families heading to the lake and outdoor fans all plan from the same screen. Residents use it to follow community events. Restaurants, hotels and shops appear in front of every visitor who opens it.
Content managed once
The site uses WordPress with Beaver Builder, Advanced Ads and Site Kit by Google. Listings, events and categories are edited there, and a new business or event added on the website shows up in the app too.
Useful where the signal drops
Offline saved trips, one tap calling and a privacy first design make a tourism app practical on a country road. Other small towns and Main Street programs could follow the same plan.
Promoting a town or region?
AppPresser is the platform behind this one. Read about AppPresser, or ask us to help plan a tourism app.
