Effigy Mounds National Monument (Iowa)

This park site preserves 206 prehistoric American
Indian mounds built until the year 1300.  Many are in
the shapes of bears and birds.  The mounds were
used for burials.

Contact Information

Effigy Mounds National Monument
151 HWY 76
Harpers Ferry, IA 52146-7519

(563) 873-3491

Link to the National Park Service Website page for
this site.
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