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.

Airports closest to Belle Rive, IL are Mount Vernon Outland Airport and Salem–Leckrone Airport.