3. Shawnee National Forest

3. Shawnee National Forest

Between Route 1 to the east, and Route 34 to the west, and accessible by Karber’s Ridge Road. The forest is home to the Garden of the Gods Wilderness Area and the Rim Rock and Pounds Hollow Recreation Areas. Garden of the Gods offers breathtaking scenic vistas that...

11. Mound City, IL

Route 37. Mound City features the Mound City National Cemetery with Civil War-era monuments.

4. Tower Rock Rec Area

The Byway goes west to Rt. 146 past the Tower Rock Recreation Area and on to Elizabethtown, home of the Rose Hotel Historic Site. Follow Route 1 south to the Ohio River and State Road # 1 to the Cave-in-Rock State Park that had been a hide-out for outlaws and river...

18. East St. Louis, IL

At the intersection of I-255, I-64 and I-70. Visitors can see the Frank Holten State Park, the Gateway Geyser, Malcolm M. Martin Memorial Park, and the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum. Nearby Cahokia includes the Cahokia Courthouse State Historic Site with its...
19. Hartford, IL

19. Hartford, IL

North on Route 3. The 150’ high Confluence Tower is where visitors can get a spectacular view of the confluence of the Missouri. The tower also serves as the visitor center for the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway, the 33-mile stretch of the Great River Road...