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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Operating Hours & Seasons

 

 
Effigy Mounds N.M. Visitor Center

NPS Photo by Ken Block

Visitor Center

Visitor Center

Open

- Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Weekends, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

 

 




Summer Hours

- June to Labor Day, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
* Call for specific June date at 563.873.3491


Closed

- Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1


Park Grounds

- Open daily, 365 days / year, sunrise to sunset (weather permitting). Access is offered (only) via 14 miles of hiking trails.


Location


Highway 76, three miles north of Marquette, Iowa along the western shore of the upper Mississippi River


Special Programs


Special ranger museum talks and Indian mound talks are presented periodically throughout the year


Exhibits


Museum features artifacts, documents and maps from the monument's archeological collections.


Available Facilities


Auditorium with orientation film showing throughout the day, educational bookstore, restrooms.

 
Kids hiking through upland forest trail

NPS Photo by Ken Block

Hiking along the Fire Point Trail.

Park Grounds

Access is offered (only) via 14 miles of hiking trails which are open daily sunrise to sunset (weather permitting).

Ellison Orr at Desk: Most of Orr's collections reside at effigy Mounds National Monument  

Did You Know?
An important figure in the documentation of Iowa's effigy mounds was Ellison Orr. Born in 1857, Orr worked other jobs while pursuing research in archeology. After retiring at the age of 73, Orr began a career as an archeologist spending the next 20 years conducting surveys and excavations.

Last Updated: November 16, 2007 at 15:23 EST