Dixon Springs State Park

#7603 among destinations in the United States

Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area

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Dixon Springs State Park is an Illinois state park in Pope County, Illinois, United States, and is one of several state parks in the Illinois Shawnee Hills. The park is on a giant block of rock which was dropped 200 feet along a fault that extends northwesterly across Pope County. The 801-acre park is about 10 miles west of Golconda on Illinois Route 146, near its junction with Illinois Route 145. The first land acquisition was in 1946. ()

Established: 1946 (79 years ago)Coordinates: 37°10'54"N, 88°39'56"W

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Dixon Springs State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Brookport Bridge, Fort Massac, Harrah's Metropolis, Elijah P. Curtis House.

5 miSE
Bridge
Brookport Bridge, Paducah
129 min walk • The Brookport Bridge is a ten-span, steel deck, narrow two-lane truss bridge that carries U.S. Route 45 across the Ohio River in the U.S. states of Illinois and Kentucky. It connects Paducah, Kentucky, north to Brookport, Illinois.
3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Fort Massac
77 min walk • Fort Massac was a French colonial and early National-era fort on the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois, United States. Its site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
4.6 miSW
Gambling, Nightlife, Casino
Harrah's Metropolis, Metropolis
118 min walk • Harrah's Metropolis is a riverboat casino located on the Ohio River in Metropolis, Illinois. It opened in 1994 as Players Island, a joint venture between Players International and show business impresario Merv Griffin as one of the state's first casinos.
4.3 miSW
Museum, History museum
Elijah P. Curtis House, Metropolis
110 min walk • The Elijah P. Curtis House is a historic house located at 405 Market Street in Metropolis, Illinois. The Classical Revival house was built in 1870 for Elijah P. Curtis.
4.3 miSW
37°8'58"N • 88°43'55"W
Metropolis Public Library, Metropolis
110 min walk • Library
6.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Sielbeck Forest Natural Area
157 min walk • Sielbeck Forest Natural Area is an Illinois state park on 385 acres in Johnson County, Illinois, United States.

Dixon Springs State Park

Facts and practical information

Dixon Springs State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Brookport Bridge, Paducah

Fort Massac

Harrah's Metropolis, Metropolis

Elijah P. Curtis House, Metropolis

Metropolis Public Library, Metropolis

Sielbeck Forest Natural Area