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Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Bald Eagle Day Poster
Bald Eagle Day Poster

Check the calendar of events link below for summer programs:

>Calendar of Events 2009 pdf
>Schedule of Events Web Page

* For Bald Eagle Day Information - open the pdf file of the poster linked to the image on the right...

Historical Listings from 2007 & 2008:

>Annual HawkWatch Weekend Page

 

* Effigy Mounds' visitor center is open daily and is located 3 miles north of Marquette, Iowa and 22 miles from Waukon, Iowa on Highway 76.

Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves prehistoric American Indian mounds including “effigies” or mounds in the shape of animals. For more information, call 563-873-3491, or visit the website at www.nps.gov/efmo.


 

Marching Bear Group  

Did You Know?
In the South Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument, the Marching Bear Group of 10 bear mounds, three bird mounds and two linear mounds represent the best preserved group of effigy mounds present today from the Effigy Mound Culture.

Last Updated: March 30, 2009 at 19:59 EST