Skinney Island

Skinney Island is an island in Madison, Illinois. Skinney Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Milton, as well as near the village East Alton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alton National Cemetery and Clark Bridge.

Alton National Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Alton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Alton, in Madison County, Illinois. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses only half an acre plot of land, and as of the end of 2005, had 522 interments.

Clark Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Illinois2011, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Clark Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Mississippi River between West Alton, Missouri and Alton, Illinois, United States. Named after explorer William Clark like the bridge it replaced, the bridge opened in 1994.

Alton Museum of History and Art

Museum

The Alton Museum of History and Art, sometimes known as the Robert Wadlow Museum, in Alton, Illinois was founded in 1971 as a not for profit organization.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton and East Alton.

Alton

Photo: ksablan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alton is a charming river town in Illinois just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. Once a blue collar town of heavy manufacturing, Alton has transformed itself into a tourist destination and wedding and reception resort of the Midwest.

East Alton

Village

East Alton is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2020 census, down from 6,301 in 2010.

Wood River

Town

Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.

Wood River is a city in Madison County, Illinois. The population was 10,464 as of the 2020 census. Wood River developed as a company town around a Standard Oil refinery built in 1907 and 1908 and was chartered as a city in 1923.

Skinney Island

Type: Island
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Madison, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.87227° or 38° 52′ 20″ north

Longitude

-90.15094° or 90° 9′ 3″ west

Elevation

427 feet (130 metres)

Open location code

86CFVRCX+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 354139619

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4250131

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