Bald Knob Cross is the second highest point in southern Illinois with a 270-degree view. “I’ve been there for a few years, and I love every minute of it. Every day it’s just like a new ...

In the heart of Southern Illinois, the Bald Knob Cross of Peace stands as an emblem of hope and unity, beckoning visitors from all walks of life to bask in its tranquil presence. In sync with WSIL ...

ALTO PASS (WSIL) -- You have a chance to help a local monument through a Day of Giving. You can donate to the Bald Knob Cross of Peace through midnight. All the money donated helps with everyday ...

The Bald Knob Cross in Alto Pass seen Easter morning, Sunday, April 5, 2015. According to a website for the cross it can be seen or 7500 square miles. The cross was constructed in 1963.

ALTO PASS, Ill. (KFVS) - The Bald Knob Cross of Peace in Alto Pass will kick-off a 24-hour fundraising campaign on Tuesday, Aug. 24. The ‘Day of Giving’ is to help the popular Heartland ...

ALTO PASS — People have been taking part in Easter sunrise services on the Bald Knob Mountain, which rises up over the Shawnee National Forest at 1,034 feet above sea ...

Members of the board in charge of the Bald Knob Cross of Peace said they plan to expand the site and hire an executive director for the 11-story cross atop the tallest peak in southern Illinois ...

In this Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 file photo, the sun sets behind the Bald Knob Cross of Peace in Alto Pass, Ill. WeatherBug, by Earth Networks, has been allowed to install a small weather camera on the ...

ALTO PASS, Ill. (AP) - Officials of a 111-foot cross in Alto Pass are allowing a small weather camera to be installed on top of the structure. Steve McKeown, a member of the Bald Knob Cross of ...

Belinda Schearf of Glass Art by MSM, LLC Cape Girardeau, Missouri created a modern stained glass panel of the Illinois Bald Knob Cross of Peace with a three-dimensional appearance. During her ...

ST. LOUIS — Looming 11 stories atop southern Illinois’ tallest peak, the Bald Knob Cross of Peace was inelegantly showing its half-century age. Hundreds of white porcelain panels were rusting ...

The cross, which stands on the 1,000-foot-high Bald Knob Mountain about 12 miles south of Carbondale, had fallen into disrepair due to legal disputes over its governance.