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About Belle Rive, IL

Belle Rive is a small farming community of 382 people in southern Illinois, about 15 miles southeast of Mount Vernon along the Kaskaskia River. Most visitors arrive via I-57 from Chicago or I-64 from St. Louis, then take local roads through corn and soybean country. The town's name means "beautiful shore" in French, honoring early French explorers who traveled the nearby Kaskaskia River.

Where is Belle Rive, IL on the map?

Belle Rive, IL is in United States, at 38.232, -88.740 - about 6 km north-west of Dahlgren, IL.

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The closest airport to Belle Rive, IL is Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, 90 km (about 1 h 6 min by car).

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