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Attractions near Basco

Near Basco: Carthage Jail and other places to visit

None of our places to visit is inside Basco; 4 are within 40 miles. There are 3 museums and a city park to choose from. Mark Twain Cave lies 45 mi out, the pick for a day trip.

Attractions nearby
8
within 60 miles
The big one
7 mi
Carthage Jail
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Museum · 7 mi northeast

Carthage Jail

Museum in Carthage, Illinois, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where they are

At the edge of the map sits Crapo Park, 31 mi out.

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Orange: Basco. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All of them, one by one

Each of the 8 is within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Basco → · Basco’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Mark Twain Cave: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2 · Carthage Jail: Nyttend, Public domain · Dickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum: Jonathunder, GFDL 1.2 · Nauvoo House: Jake from Utah, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · New Philadelphia National Historic Site: Nyttend, Public domain · Crapo Park: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Wood Mansion: Smallbones, Public domain

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