Phone: (618)-564-2315
Distance: 25.63 miles
The Smithland Navigation Project is located on the Ohio River 918.5 River Miles below Point Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and 62.5 miles upstream of the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
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Phone: (618)-833-9928
Email: sheryld@ajinternet.net
Distance: 25.98 miles
The natural features of the Ohio Valley in Illinois represent some of the most dramatic along the entire river. View unique limestone features such as Cave-in-Rock State Park and Garden of the Gods. Visit numerous historic places and structures. Plan to attend the many festivals and events that occur year-round.
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Phone: (618)-564-3151
Distance: 27.12 miles
Locks and Dam No. 52 is located on the Ohio River, near Brookport, IL, at mile 939 below Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Phone: (618)-742-6213
Distance: 32.41 miles
Locks and Dam No. 53 is located on the Ohio River, upstream of Mound City, IL.
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Phone: (870)-972-2803
Email: rhawkins@astate.edu
Distance: 45.81 miles
Throughout history, the Mississippi River influenced many lives: the Dakota, Chippewa, and Hopewell cultures; early French voyagers; African-Americans seeking freedom on the Underground Railroad; and many more. Through its charming river towns and metropolitan cities, historic sites and cultural artifacts, today's Great River
Road still links resources, people, and history.
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Phone: (870)-972-2803
Email: rhawkins@astate.edu
Distance: 55.26 miles
See a mixture of plant communities and an array of wildlife along Crowley's Ridge. Dramatic views abound along the ridge and hills where wildflowers proliferate throughout spring, summer, and fall. Travel through natural and historical sites such as Chalk Bluff Natural Area, the Civil War battle site, and St. Francis National Forest.
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Phone: 18008771234
Email: tourism@mail.state.mo.us
Distance: 55.26 miles
Sharecropping, cotton, sand, swamps, peaches, yucca plants and the Old South – this route in the southeast Missouri Bootheel has them all. The geography of Crowley's Ridge isolated it like an island. As settlers moved in, they formed a close-knit community maintaining their culture, religion and values while changing the landscape.
Crowley's Ridge Parkway is not only rich in geological histor...
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