BICYCLE
ILLINOIS
Cairo Facilities and Services
Main
Lodging • Supported
Hotel • Recommended
Dinner •
Swimming
Pool • Ice Cream • Laundry
Grocery
Store • Hospital • Amtrak
Train Station •
Parking • Greyhound
Bus Station •
Local
Bus Service
Taxicabs
Main
Lodging
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Cairo Junior/Senior High School
4201 Sycamore St.
Cairo, IL 62914
(618) 734-2187
2.1 miles from the supported hotel
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cue sheet and map for the Cairo main lodging.
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all supported facilities, services,
and in
town routes for the Cairo main
lodging overlaid on satellite imagery.
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The facility is air conditioned but the
gym is not. You will be able to sleep in the air
conditioned main building.
The city of Cairo will provide a uniformed police officer who will patrol
our main lodging site on a regular basis throughout our stay.
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Supported
Hotel
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Quality
Inn
13201 Kessler Rd.
Cairo, IL 62914
(618) 734-0215
Check in time is at 3:00
pm.
2.1 miles from the main lodging site
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cue sheet and map for the Cairo hotel.
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all supported facilities, services,
and in town cycling routes for the
Cairo hotel overlaid on satellite imagery.
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about our supported hotels.
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about our supported hotel baggage delivery
service.
The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool open
until 9:00 pm but no whirlpool, and does not
have laundry machines available.
You will need to contact the hotel on your
own for best the room rates and to make and
pay for your
individual reservations. We strongly recommend
making your reservation as soon as possible to
avoid any availability issues from other participants
or anyone else, secure the lowest rate, and assure
yourself a room!
If you are staying at the supported hotel
you will need to come over to the main lodging
site in time for the main check in and opening
meeting.
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hotel baggage delivery service needs after
you have initially registered.
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Recommended
Dinner
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Nu
Diner
300 Washington Ave.
Cairo, IL 62914
(618) 734-2373
Hours: 6:30 am - 7:30 pm
2.3 miles from the main lodging site
4.2 miles from the supported hotel
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Swimming
Pool
There is no public swimming
pool in Cairo. If you want
to use a swimming pool you
will need to stay at the
supported hotel. You will
not be cycling into Cairo
so you will not need to
cool off or refresh from the
previous
ride.
A swimming pool will be
available the next day
in Carbondale.
Ice Cream
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Dairy
Hut
1814 Washington Ave.
Cairo, IL 62914
1.7 miles from the main lodging site
3.5 miles from the supported hotel
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Laundry
There is no laundromat
in Cairo. You
must plan on
arriving at the start
with enough clean
clothes to be able to
complete the
next
day's ride.
A laundromat
will be available the next
day in Carbondale.
Grocery
Store
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Dollar
General
1308 Washington Ave.
Cairo, IL 62914
(618) 734-3801
Hours: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
1.9 miles from the main lodging site
3.8 miles from the supported hotel
There is no 24-hour grocery
store or Walmart equivalent
type store in Cairo. You
should plan on arriving
at the start with all the
supplies you need.
The nearest 24 hour Walmart is in Sikeston, MO. A 24
hour grocery store will
be available the next
day in Carbondale. |
Hospital
There is no 24 hour hospital
in Cairo. The nearest 24 hour
hospital
is in Sikeston, MO.
Medical support services
for medical situations that
require
immediate
attention will be provided
by paramedics and an ambulance
stationed
directly
within Cairo available at
all times by calling 911. A 24 hour hospital
will be available
the next day in Carbondale. Medical
support services for medical
situations that do
not require
immediate attention will
be available after the ride
there.
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medical support services
policies and
procedures.
Amtrak
Train Station and Greyhound
Bus Station
There is no train or bus station
in Cairo. If you want to arrive at the start of the
tour
via
train or bus you will need to arrive in Carbondale
and take the transportation service
from Carbondale to Cairo before the start of the tour.
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information about the transportation
service from Carbondale
to Cairo before the start
of the tour.
Parking
Parking will not be available
in Cairo. This is because if
fewer than five participants
take the transportation service
from Chicago to Carbondale after
the end of the tour each participant
will carry their bicycle and baggage directly with them aboard the Amtrak
train. If a participant was to park their car in Cairo, they would need also
to transport their bike there but the bus from Carbondale to Cairo cannot
carry bikes aboard. Therefore we would have to both drive all the way from
Chicago to Cairo to transport their bicycle on a separate vehicle and drive
back up to Chicago which would make the cost for the transportation after
the end of the tour significantly more expensive due to the cost
of the gas and manpower involved.
If you want to park your car
at the start of the tour you
will need to park it at the
Carbondale Amtrak train station
and take the transportation
service from Carbondale to
Cairo before the start of the
tour.
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more information about
arriving in a
car and parking.
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inform us of your parking
plans.
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more information
about parking
in Carbondale.
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about the transportation service
from Carbondale to Cairo before the start
of the tour.
Local
Bus Service and Taxicabs
There is no local bus service or taxicabs in Cairo.
Your bike and your feet will be your only travel
method.
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information about in town
transportation.
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