Effigy Mounds National Monument - Harpers Ferry Landmark

  • Address: 151 HWY 76, Harpers Ferry, IA, 52146
  • Phone: +1 563 873 3491
Effigy Mounds National Monument
151 HWY 76
Harpers Ferry, IA, 52146

Effigy Mounds National Monument Details

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  • visitor center
  • wheelchair accessible

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Before Europeans arrived, a unique American Indian “Effigy Mound” culture developed in the upper Midwest building thousands of earthen mounds in the shape of animals across the landscape. Today, over two-hundred mounds are preserved intact here; thirty-one are effigies in the shape of bears ... more on Nps.gov
  • 29 of this park's 191 mounds are in the shape of animals. more on TripAdvisor
  • Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves three prehistoric sites in Allamakee County and Clayton County, Iowa in the midwestern United States. The North Unit (67 mounds) and South Unit (29 mounds) are located where the counties meet along the Mississippi River. They are contiguous and easily acc... more on En.wikipedia.org

Directions

Travel 3-miles north of Marquette, Iowa on state highway 76 (The Great River Road). From the North & West in Iowa (Waukon & Harpers Ferry, Iowa) Travel 17 miles southeast of Waukon, Iowa on state highway 76. Travel 10 Miles south of Harpers Ferry, Iowa, on state highway 364; then 5 miles south on state highway 76.

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  • Childrens Programs: Junior Ranger Program

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