Tom Bird Blue Hole

Tom Bird Blue Hole is a lake in Mississippi, Missouri. Tom Bird Blue Hole is situated nearby to the hamlet Birds Point, as well as near the village Wickliffe.

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. Wickliffe Mounds is situated 2 miles east of Tom Bird Blue Hole.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wickliffe and Cairo Historic District.

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 2 miles east of Tom Bird Blue Hole.

Cairo Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Photolitherland, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 Tom Bird Blue Hole.

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.

Tom Bird Blue Hole

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Mississippi, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.96238° or 36° 57′ 45″ north

Longitude

-89.12706° or 89° 7′ 37″ west

Elevation

305 feet (93 metres)

Open location code

868GXV6F+X5

GeoNames ID

4411837

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Localities in the Area

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