Effigy Mounds National Monument - Iowa
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N 43° 05.314 W 091° 11.167
15T E 647636 N 4772247
Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by Native Americans including numerous effigy mounds shaped like animals, including bears and birds.
Waymark Code: WMMMN9
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
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Prehistoric earthworks by mound builder cultures are common in the Midwest. However, mounds in the shape of mammals, birds, or reptiles, known as effigies, only exist in southern Wisconsin, northeast Iowa, and small parts of Minnesota and Illinois. The one exception to this is the great serpent mound in south-eastern Ohio.

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State/States the Park is located...: Iowa

Park Designation: Monument/Memorial

Times the Visitors Center (or Park) is Open....: From: 8:00 AM To: 4:30 PM

Website From the National Parks Service Page of this Waymark...: [Web Link]

Are pictures included?: yes

Months the Visitors Center/Park is open...: Not listed

SECONDARY website.: Not listed
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