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Attractions near Prairie Township

Leave Prairie Township for Carthage Jail, 4 mi away

All of it lies outside: 4 places within 40 miles, none inside Prairie Township. The commonest are 3 museums and a city park. Beyond the town, Mark Twain Cave sits 50 mi away.

Attractions nearby
9
within 60 miles
The big one
4 mi
Carthage Jail
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Museum · 4 mi east

Carthage Jail

Museum in Carthage, Illinois, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Plotted on the map

The outermost point is John Wood Mansion, at 35 mi.

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

Everything nearby

The full list

9 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

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

Parks and trails in Prairie Township → · Prairie Township’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 · Carl Sandburg State Historic Site: Robert Haugland, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Crapo Park: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Wood Mansion: Smallbones, Public domain

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