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Effigy Mounds National Monument Mounds at Fire point
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Operating Hours & Seasons
 
Effigy Mounds N.M. Visitor Center

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Visitor Center

Visitor Center

 

The visitor center is OPEN year round except for Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year's Day and extreme weather conditions.

 

 

 

Open

Summer Hours

- June to Labor Day, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Winter Hours

- Daily, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

 

 Park Grounds

- Open daily, 362days / year, sunrise to sunset (weather permitting). Access is offered (only) via 14 miles of hiking trails.


Location


Three miles north of Marquette, Iowa on Hwy 76 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

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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).

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Last Updated: November 26, 2011 at 14:03 MST