Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Contact Information:
Effigy Mounds National Monument
151 HWY 76
Harpers Ferry, IA 52146
563-873-3491
http://www.nps.gov/efmo/
Size: 2,526 acres
Location: Effigy Mounds National Monument is located 3 miles north of Marquette, Iowa, off IA 76.
Description: The monument preserves 200 prehistoric American Indian mound sites built along the Mississippi River between 450 BC and AD 1300, including 26 effigy mounds in the shapes of birds and bears. The mounds are outstanding examples of a significant phase of mound-building culture.
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Operating
Hours: Effigy Mounds is open daily 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with extended
hours Memorial Day to Labor Day and weekends in October. The monument is closed
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
History: Proclaimed on October 25, 1949.
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