Fort Defiance State Park Reviews: Insider Insights and Visitor Experiences
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Flies and wasps
We thought this would be the perfect spot to enjoy a picnic of local BBQ lunch. We found several wasps nests in the picnic pavilion and viewing tower and then suddenly the whole family was covered in ...
Stopped here for a picnic lunch while traveling on I-57. The pretty, geographically significant location not far off the highway made it a good picnic spot. There is a tower overlook that looks like i...
The confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers is a stunning geologic site. This was the key military site for the War of 1812 and Civil War. Grant launched his invasion from this camp. Lewis and...
The other reviews are accurate; the only features of this fascinating, historic spot are a pretty, sloping field of grass and trees, a slightly muddy road, and a concrete observation tower reminisc...
I was traveling through western Kentucky into Missouri and I decided to stop at Fort Defiance on the southern tip of Illinois. This was the site of an old Civil War camp (long gone). What makes it ama...
Flies and wasps
We thought this would be the perfect spot to enjoy a picnic of local BBQ lunch. We found several wasps nests in the picnic pavilion and viewing tower and then suddenly the whole family was covered in ...
Good road trip picnic spot
Stopped here for a picnic lunch while traveling on I-57. The pretty, geographically significant location not far off the highway made it a good picnic spot. There is a tower overlook that looks like i...
The whole point was to be at the “point”.
The confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers is a stunning geologic site. This was the key military site for the War of 1812 and Civil War. Grant launched his invasion from this camp. Lewis and...
A fascinating spot
The other reviews are accurate; the only features of this fascinating, historic spot are a pretty, sloping field of grass and trees, a slightly muddy road, and a concrete observation tower reminisc...
Worth the Stop
I was traveling through western Kentucky into Missouri and I decided to stop at Fort Defiance on the southern tip of Illinois. This was the site of an old Civil War camp (long gone). What makes it ama...