Piney Creek Site

Petroglyphs in Piney Creek Site

Piney Creek Site is the richest petroglyph site in Illinois with some 150 petroglyphs which were created sometimes between 450 and 1550 AD.

Monks Mound

Monks Mound in Cahokia

Monks Mound is the largest pre-Columbian earthwork in America. This 30 tall mound was built around 900 – 655 AD over an earlier, smaller mound.

Kincaid Mounds

Kincaid Mounds

Remnants of a large city that was created and inhabited by the people of the Mississippian culture in the site where a settlement has existed for millennia. This city flourished around 1050 – 1400 AD and since then here have been preserved at least 11 large mounds. The largest mound is 9 m high.

Cahokia

Cahokia

Site of a native American city that flourished around 1050 – 1350 AD. Some 80 man-made mounds remain in the central part of this city that was one of the world’s largest settlements around 1100. The largest and most influential city of the Mississippian culture, the most significant pre-Columbian urban center north of Mexico. Remains of the city contain some outstanding monuments, such as Monks Mond – the largest pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas.

Wildcat Canyon Falls

Wildcat Canyon Falls

Some 38 m tall waterfall in a beautiful setting. A small, perennial stream falls here over picturesque sandstone rocks. This might be the tallest waterfall in the state.

Cave-In-Rock

Cave-In-Rock

Enormous, shallow cave in the limestone bluff at Ohio River. For millennia it has served as a shelter for local people. The cave with its 17 meters wide entrance is well visible from the river and has been inhabited also by local gangs – river pirates in the late 18th century and later.

Lusk Creek Canyon (Indian Kitchen)

Lusk Creek Canyon

Impressive canyon on Lusk Creek that has formed in Pennsylvanian sandstone. The area contains many rare and endangered species of plants.