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Attractions near Coalton

Places to visit around Coalton, from Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Each year, some 124K people go to Lincoln Home National Historic Site. Look within 40 miles for the 4 places to visit; none is inside Coalton. The commonest are a national historic site, a museum and a zoo & aquarium. Day-trippers head 60 mi out to Cahokia.

Attractions nearby
20
within 60 miles
The big one
60 mi
Cahokia
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
State park · 60 mi southwest

Cahokia

Archaeological site near East St. Louis, Illinois, USA.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where each one is

Head to the northwest for most of the 4 on the list.

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

Everything nearby

All of them, one by one

Each of the 20 is within 60 miles.

Monks Mound

Landmark · 59 mi southwest · read 54K times a year on Wikipedia

Part of Cahokia, the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica.

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

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

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

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

Cahokia: Thank You (24 Millions ) views, CC BY 2.0 · Lincoln Tomb: David Jones, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Monks Mound: Skubasteve834, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Piasa: Burfalcy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln Home National Historic Site: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mound 72: Heironymous Rowe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln's New Salem: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Old State Capitol State Historic Site: Shadow2700 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · The Cross at the Crossroads: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Illinois State Museum: Mike Linksvayer from Oakland, California, CC0 · Vandalia State House State Historic Site: Lyle Kruger, Public domain · Henson Robinson Zoo: Robert Lawton, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lewis and Clark State Historic Site: Kbh3rd, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Funeral Customs: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Abraham Lincoln Memorial Garden: spfldnet, CC BY 3.0 · Washington Park: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Starhill Forest Arboretum: Kstraka, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Gardens at SIUE: Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren), CC BY-SA 3.0

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