Fort Defiance State Park
Fort Defiance State Park is a park in Alexander, Illinois. Fort Defiance State Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cairo Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Birds Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alexander County Courthouse and Swan Lake.
Alexander County Courthouse
Courthouse
The Alexander County Courthouse is a government building in central Cairo, the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Built in the 1960s, it is the latest in a series of courthouses erected in four towns across Alexander County. Alexander County Courthouse is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort Defiance State Park.
Swan Lake
Swan Lake is a lake in Ballard County, Kentucky. At 300 acres, it is the largest natural lake in Kentucky. It is part of a twelve-lake confederation known as Cummins Tract Lakes. Swan Lake is situated 2½ miles northeast of Fort Defiance State Park.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairo and Wickliffe.
Cairo
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cairo is in Illinois on a small strip of land in between Missouri and Kentucky as well as the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, made famous in Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn".
Wickliffe
Village
Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wickliffe is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 670 at the 2020 census. Wickliffe is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wickliffe is situated 3½ miles southeast of Fort Defiance State Park.
Future City
Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Future City is an unincorporated community in Cache Precinct, Alexander County, Illinois, United States. Future City is located along U.S. Route 51 north of Cairo, and south of Urbandale. Future City is situated 4 miles northwest of Fort Defiance State Park.
Fort Defiance State Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in the United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.98632° or 36° 59′ 11″ northLongitude
-89.14554° or 89° 8′ 44″ westElevation
315 feet (96 metres)Open location code
868GXVP3+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 77004677OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4238873Wikidata ID
Q34877634
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