On Route 13. The OhioRiver Scenic Byway Visitor Center is the place to begin your Lewis and Clark Trail adventure in Illinois. For more information, go to: ORSB-Illinois.com. Following the Byway, visitors can drive SE from Harrisburg on highway 145 and Rt. 34 or 13 to...
The fabled Cave-in-Rock on State Park Road #1 to the Ohio River has been a hide-out for outlaws and river pirates since Lewis and Clark’s day. Today the park features a lodge and restaurant, camping, hiking, and boating on the Ohio River.
The Byway continues southwest on Route 146 to nearby Tower Rock Recreation Area and Elizabethtown, and then on to the Rose Hotel Historic Site and the Civil War era iron smelting furnace near Rosiclare on Route 34. Rosiclare features the inspiring Fluorspar Miners...
Fort Massac State Park» Located in Metropolis, west of I-24. The historic fort has been rebuilt as it appeared in 1803 when Lewis and Clark recruited some of their Corps. Today’s visitors will enjoy the visitor center, museum, artifacts collection, biking on the...
U.S. Hwy 51. Lewis and Clark spent six days here at the Ohio River’s confluence with the Mississippi. Fort Defiance Park was once the site of a key Union outpost during the Civil War. The Cairo Customs House Museum, the Magnolia Manor and Riverlore Mansion are also...
