--- title: "Hannibal – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Hannibal, United States: Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hannibal" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hannibal.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ponte_di_Annibale_in_Localit%C3%A0_Bruscheto_%28Reggello%29.jpg/1920px-Ponte_di_Annibale_in_Localit%C3%A0_Bruscheto_%28Reggello%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Carthaginian general and statesman (247–183/181 BC) · United States · Missouri # Hannibal Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic–Roman War. ![Hannibal](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ponte_di_Annibale_in_Localit%C3%A0_Bruscheto_%28Reggello%29.jpg/1920px-Ponte_di_Annibale_in_Localit%C3%A0_Bruscheto_%28Reggello%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Hannibal · Anna.Massini The place Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic–Roman War. Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the Mediterranean Basin, triggered by the emergence of the Roman Republic as a great power with its defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War. Revanchism prevailed in Carthage, symbolized by the pledge that Hannibal made to his father to "never be a friend of Rome". Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Hannibal 4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is located on 206-208 Hill Street, Hannibal, Missouri, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as author Mark Twain, from 1844 to 1853. 400 m · museum in Hannibal, Missouri · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Boyhood_Home_%26_Museum) 2. Mark Twain Cave Mark Twain Cave — originally McDowell's Cave — is a show cave located near Hannibal, Missouri. It was named for author Mark Twain. 3.2 km · cave in United States of America · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Cave) 3. Clemens Field Clemens Field is a baseball stadium located at 403 Warren Barrett Drive, at the south end of downtown Hannibal, Missouri, United States. The stadium was named for author and Hannibal resident Samuel Clemens, who was better known by his pen name Mark Twain. 400 m · stadium in Hannibal, Missouri, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_Field) 4. Riverview Park (Hannibal, Missouri) Riverview Park is a historic prairie style public park located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. It was established in 1909, and built through 1929 according to plans developed by noted landscape architect Ossian C. Simonds. 2.1 km · public park · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverview_Park_(Hannibal,_Missouri%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Molly Brown Birthplace & Museum, 400 N Main St,. 2. Rockcliffe Mansion 1000 Bird,. From [Wikivoyage: Hannibal](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hannibal), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do 1. Mark Twain Cave Complex 300 Cave Hollow Rd,. 2. National Tom Sawyer Days 3. Clemens Field Baseball stadium. 4. Riverview Park Contains a statue of Mark Twain. From [Wikivoyage: Hannibal](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hannibal), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat Mark Twain Dinette, 3rd St & Hill St,. The Becky Thatcher Restaurant, 213 N. 3rd Street,. From [Wikivoyage: Hannibal](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hannibal), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Hannibal **Airports:** St. Louis Lambert (STL), 137 km · Des Moines (DSM), 281 km · Kansas City (MCI), 291 km\ - St Louis → Hannibal 157 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · $15–21 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/st-louis-to-hannibal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=St+Louis&to=Hannibal) - Des Moines → Hannibal 283 km · quickest by road, 4h 55m · $30–41 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/des-moines-to-hannibal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Des+Moines&to=Hannibal) - Chicago → Hannibal 393 km · quickest by road, 5h 56m · $39–55 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/chicago-to-hannibal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chicago&to=Hannibal) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Hannibal) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Hannibal Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hannibal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Fire Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fire-island) US 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,548 km 2. [Vinalhaven and the Fox Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vinalhaven) US 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 1,920 km 3. [Bacalar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacalar) MX 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 2,356 km 4. 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