Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Also known as Cahokia, Cahokia Mounds State Park
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
United States
Inscribed
1982
Area
541 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is about 15 km north of Belleville. The nearest other World Heritage site is Mammoth Cave National Park, about 380 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Belleville · about 144,000 peopleabout 15 km south
- St. Louis · about 2,199,000 peopleabout 15 km west
- Alton · about 84,000 peopleabout 30 km north
- St. Charles · about 360,000 peopleabout 40 km west
- Carbondale · about 32,000 peopleabout 130 km south-east
- Springfield · about 135,000 peopleabout 130 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
United StatesNatural384 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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