Birds Point

Birds Point is a cape in Mississippi, Missouri. Birds Point is situated nearby to the village Wickliffe, as well as near the hamlet Greenfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wickliffe Mounds.

Wickliffe Mounds

Park

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Wickliffe Mounds is a prehistoric, Mississippian culture archaeological site located in Ballard County, Kentucky, just outside the town of Wickliffe, about 3 miles from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wickliffe and Cairo Historic District.

Wickliffe

Village

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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 1½ miles east of Birds Point.

Cairo Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Cairo Historic District is a historic district encompassing a large section of Cairo, Illinois. The district is roughly bounded by Park, 33rd, Sycamore, 21st, Cedar, and 4th Streets and the Ohio River; it includes most areas of Cairo developed by 1890, save for two sections which are almost entirely renovated or deteriorated. Cairo Historic District is situated 4 miles northwest of Birds Point.

Cairo

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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.

Birds Point

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Bird Landing”, “Byrd Landing”, and “Illinois Point”
Category: landform
Location: Mississippi, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.97311° or 36° 58′ 23″ north

Longitude

-89.11729° or 89° 7′ 2″ west

Elevation

318 feet (97 metres)

Open location code

868GXVFM+63

GeoNames ID

4377210

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