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About New Grand Chain, IL

New Grand Chain is a tiny river community in southern Illinois, about 15 miles from Paducah via Route 37 south from I-24. The town of 150 sits along the Ohio River in flat farmland typical of the region. Most visitors arrive from I-57 to I-24 west, then south on Route 37. The community gets its name from rock ledges that once created treacherous rapids in the Ohio River until they were dynamited in the 1960s.

Where is New Grand Chain, IL on the map?

New Grand Chain, IL is in United States, at 37.255, -89.016 - about 9 km south-west of Karnak, IL.

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The closest airport to New Grand Chain, IL is Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, 61 km (about 57 min by car). Other airports nearby: Barkley Regional Airport, Cape Girardeau Regional Airport.

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