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Fort Defiance State Park

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Open Opens at 9:00-20:00
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US-60 &, US-62, Cairo, IL 62914, United StatesMap
Phone+1 618-734-4127
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  • M5097BKbobt
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    Flies and wasps

    We thought this would be the perfect spot to enjoy a picnic of local BBQ lunch. We found several wasps nests in the picnic pavilion and viewing tower and then suddenly the whole family was covered in ...

    Reviewed on Aug 26, 2023
  • tolandowski
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    Good road trip picnic spot

    Stopped here for a picnic lunch while traveling on I-57. The pretty, geographically significant location not far off the highway made it a good picnic spot. There is a tower overlook that looks like i...

    Reviewed on May 17, 2022
  • barkus1968
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    The whole point was to be at the “point”.

    The confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers is a stunning geologic site. This was the key military site for the War of 1812 and Civil War. Grant launched his invasion from this camp. Lewis and...

    Reviewed on Nov 22, 2021
  • LeePulaski_Va_
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    A fascinating spot

    The other reviews are accurate; the only features of this fascinating, historic spot are a pretty, sloping field of grass and trees, a slightly muddy road, and a concrete observation tower reminisc...

    Reviewed on Jul 29, 2021
  • ColinPK
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    Worth the Stop

    I was traveling through western Kentucky into Missouri and I decided to stop at Fort Defiance on the southern tip of Illinois. This was the site of an old Civil War camp (long gone). What makes it ama...

    Reviewed on Jul 29, 2021

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