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About Cave-In-Rock, IL

Cave-In-Rock sits on the Ohio River in southern Illinois, reached via State Route 1 and the historic Cave-In-Rock Ferry from Kentucky. The town connects to Interstate 57 through Route 146, about 45 miles west. Most visitors are tourists from regional cities like Evansville or Paducah. The town's namesake is a 55-foot-wide limestone cave that once sheltered river pirates and now anchors the state park.

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Cave-In-Rock, IL is in United States, at 37.471, -88.166 - about 17 km east of Elizabethtown, IL.

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The closest airport to Cave-In-Rock, IL is Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, 102 km (about 1 h 29 min by car).

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