The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Travel Guide

Mark Twain country

The Mississippi River. It all begins (and ends) on the mighty Mississippi River. This powerful river flowing south from northern Minnesota some 2,300 plus miles to the Gulf of Mexico is the setting for the adventures of this famous boy.

St. Petersburg, Missouri

The fictitious town of St. Petersburg, Missouri is where Huck Finn resides at the beginning of the novel. It was seemingly inspired by the very place Twain knew well – his own stomping grounds as a boy: Hannibal, Missouri

Hannibal, Missouri

This is the real setting to visit and there is a great deal of interest in their local writer who penned such an iconic book. How about standing on the very bridge named after the writer which crosses the very river he evoked in his adventure stories?

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum is a must see.

Jackson’s Island

The island Huck later moves to Described in the novel as being too close for comfort but also far enough from civilisation. It’s within swimming distance from Illinois a free state at the time, but there are still worries that those who are after slaves, especially the one which Huck comes across