Clear Creek
Clear Creek is a southern Illinois watercourse that rises in Jackson County and Union County, and discharges into the Mississippi River in Alexander County.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area.
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Nature reserve
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 1,380-acre parcel of semi-protected Mississippi River bottomland habitat within Alexander County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area is situated 2 miles west of Clear Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Cape Girardeau and Cape Girardeau.
East Cape Girardeau
Village
Photo: Allen Gathman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Cape Girardeau is a village in McClure Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. The population was 289 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area, including areas on both the Missouri and Illinois sides of the Mississippi River. East Cape Girardeau is situated 4½ miles west of Clear Creek.
Cape Girardeau
Photo: Drowzy, Public domain.
Cape Girardeau is a city named after a French soldier/trader in southeastern Missouri. Watch out for murals and flood walls in this college town.
Clear Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: southern Illinois watercourse
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Clear Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Clear Creek”
- Venetian: “Clear”
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Highlights include East Cape Girardeau Airport and Blue Hollow.
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