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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Fees & Reservations
Entrance sign to Effigy Mounds National Monument
NPS Photo by Ken Block

ENTRANCE FEES

Individual and Maximum Car Fee

Fees
$3.00 - $5.00 

*Permits entrance to the Monument for seven (&) consecutive days - beginning with the original date of entrance.


Details

Entrance fees are waived at Effigy Mounds National Monument - November through March each year.

  • The entrance fee is $3.00 per person over the age of 15, with a maximum charge of $5.00 for all occupants of a private, non-commercial vehicle.
  • There are no set commercial vehicle fees; tour groups arriving in commercial vehicles by the individual passengers in the vehicle ($3.00 per person).
  • The entrance fee is waived for those with an Effigy Mounds National Monument Annual Pass or a Federal Recreational Lands Pass which are The America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Annual, Senior, Access, and Volunteer Passes, click on the link above for more information. Older passes (including the Annual National Parks Pass and Golden Eagle, Golden Age, and Golden Access Passports) will still be honored. 

Federal Recreational Lands Passes

Starting January 1, 2007, the America the Beautiful-Federal Recreational Lands Passes will replace the Golden Age, Golden Access, Golden Eagle, and National Parks Passes. The new passes are on sale at the Visitor Center.

All Golden Age, Golden Access, Golden Eagle, and National Parks Passes will continue to be honored according to the provisions of the pass. Only paper Golden Age and Access Passports may be exchanged free of charge for the new passes.

LOCAL PASSPORT

Effigy Mounds National Monument Pass

Fee
$10.00 - Annual

Details    

  • Permits entrance to Effigy Mounds National Monument (only) for one year - beginning with the original date of entrance.
Ellison Orr Map of Marching Bear Group - Effigy Mounds N.M. Collections  

Did You Know?
Ellison Orr was 92 years old when Effigy Mounds National Monument was dedicated. The Monument owes much to his accurate maps, and careful cataloguing of hundreds of sites and artifacts. Orr died in 1951, leaving most of his personal collection of manuscripts, artifacts, and samples to the monument.

Last Updated: July 12, 2007 at 09:55 EST