Effigy Mounds National Monument
Protected area on the Mississippi bluffs with more than 200 indigenous earthen mounds, 31 of them in animal shapes such as bears and birds, and trails to river overlooks.
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In the destination Dubuque and eastern Iowa.
In the photo: Marquette and the bridge over the Mississippi
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The city
Small town on the banks of the Mississippi in northeast Iowa, opposite Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. About 5 km to the north is Effigy Mounds National Monument, with indigenous earthen mounds shaped like animals. To the south, next to neighboring McGregor, Pikes Peak State Park has overlooks above the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers.
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The local experience
Protected area on the Mississippi bluffs with more than 200 indigenous earthen mounds, 31 of them in animal shapes such as bears and birds, and trails to river overlooks.
State park on a bluff about 150 meters above the Mississippi, next to McGregor, with an overlook to the confluence with the Wisconsin River and a trail to a waterfall.