Horse Creek
Horse Creek is a stream in Alexander, Illinois. Horse Creek is situated nearby to the village McClure, as well as near the hamlet Gale.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 2½ miles southwest of Horse 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 Horse 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.
Reynoldsville
Hamlet
Photo: Markkaempfer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reynoldsville is an unincorporated community in Union County, Illinois, United States. The community is along Illinois Route 3 and 146, just north of McClure and across the Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Reynoldsville is situated 6 miles north of Horse Creek.
Horse Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Alexander, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.28283° or 37° 16′ 58″ northLongitude
-89.41981° or 89° 25′ 11″ westElevation
331 feet (101 metres)Open location code
869G7HMJ+43GeoNames ID
4241005
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