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May 5, 2025
Very cool if you know history. Beautiful views and grounds. It will be nice when the visitor center remodel is complete.Full review by Leslie A
Nov 12, 2024
Visitor center is closed for renovation. You can walk around the mounds to west of visitor center. Largest mound that can be climbed with steps is northwest of center, across a busy highway, or you c…Full review by mtscribe
Oct 28, 2024
Arrived on Sat. Oct.26th at 5:40 pm which I know is late in the tourist season. But people were there visiting. Outside grounds open till dusk. Museum closed, didn't see outside porta potties to sup…Full review by PAUL M
Yes. There's a few small spaces close to the Visitor Center, but other larger parking areas a little further away from the V.C., near Monk's Mound, and a turn-out near Woodhenge.
Are there bike trails at Cahokia? If so, does anyone know about how how many miles of trails? Can you see most of Cahokia from the bike trails?
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Several hiking trails but I don’t recall seeing anyone biking. However I believe St. Louis has a biking trail that goes for several miles that is near where Lewis and Clark started …
Several hiking trails but I don’t recall seeing anyone biking. However I believe St. Louis has a biking trail that goes for several miles that is near where Lewis and Clark started their voyage of discovery. Google should have it.
Do you have any of the original inhabitants' giant skeletons that were recovered or their copper armor etc. on display? Are they mentioned or discussed in the interpretive center?
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There are some recreated figures of what the native people looked like and their tools and houses on display, but no skeletons or copper armor that I was aware of. Definitely a …
There are some recreated figures of what the native people looked like and their tools and houses on display, but no skeletons or copper armor that I was aware of. Definitely a nice place to visit. Remains a mystery of why they all vanished.
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