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Effigy Mounds National MonumentMarching Bear Mound Group
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Effigy Mounds Map & Guide - 2007

Please cursor down the page for the park map & guide, rack card, self guiding trail guide and various educational "site bulletins".

 

Park Map & Guide Side - 1 (2.5 MB PDF)

Park Map & Guide Side - 2 (3.0 MB PDF)

 
Rack card

NPS

Effigy Mounds Rack Card

Effigy Mounds Rack Card (1.3 MB PDF)
 
Fire Point Trail Guide

Fire Point Trail Guide

Fire Point Trail Guide (620 MB)

 
Restored Prairie - North Unit

NPS Photo by Ken Block

Restored Prairie - North Unit

Site Bulletin pdf files are available for these topics:

Indian Mounds

Prehistoric Resources

Atlatl / New Albin Tablet

Prairies & Savannahs

Animal Resources

Yellow River Bridge Trail

Fire Point Trail Guide (620 MB)

 

 
Marching Bear Mound Group lies beside the route of the Military Road  

Did You Know?
Soldiers built a military road that eventually extended approximately fifty miles, connecting Fort Atkinson with Fort Crawford. The road — which passed through the monument's South Unit — was one of the first government-authorized roads within what would become the State of Iowa.

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Last Updated: August 17, 2009 at 15:30 EST