Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route

State: Illinois
Length: 33.0 mi / 53.1 km
Time to Allow: Two days to enjoy the entire byway

Here, the Missouri, Mississippi and Illinois Rivers meet to form a 35,000-acre floodplain. The Mississippi, a working river, is also an environmental treasure. Historic 18th-century river towns, islands, bars, points, and bends create beautiful scenery beneath limestone bluffs that are covered by forests extending over nearly 20,000 acres.

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  Walk with Lincoln on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route

  Feb 25, 2011 in Get Fit! Get Active: Walking Tours, The American Civil War, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends

  For a plethora of Civil War and Lincoln-related sites, "Walk with Lincoln" on the Lincoln & Civil War Legacy Trail in Alton, Illinois, on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route.

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  Feel Chills and Thrills on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route

  Sep 30, 2010 in Get Outdoors! For Fall Fun and Goodyear’s Top 50 Scenic, Comfortable Drives

  Experience the beauty of autumn in Alton, Illinois, on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route, But when the sun goes down, prepare to use your "sixth sense" in “one of the most haunted small towns in America”.

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  1-Day Trip: Meeting of the Great Rivers Must See Tour
  (Illinois)

  This "Must-See" Tour on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway, follows a 33-mile strip of river where the Mississippi and Missouri meet....