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
Photo: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 1½ miles east of Birds Point.
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".
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 6 miles northwest of Birds Point.
Birds Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Bird Landing”, “Byrd Landing”, and “Illinois Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Mississippi, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.97311° or 36° 58′ 23″ northLongitude
-89.11729° or 89° 7′ 2″ westElevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
868GXVFM+63GeoNames ID
4377210
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