Effigy Mounds National Monument

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151  Hwy 76
Harper's Ferry, IA
Visitor Information:  563  873-3491

Open daily year round, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.   Longer hours and guided hikes in the summer.


Admission $3 one adult, carload $5.00
195 Prehistoric American Indian burial and ceremonial mounds, some shaped as animals.  
500 BC  to 1300. 

Park is 2,526 acres along the Upper Mississippi River Bluffs.  Pre Historic American Indian Museum with auditorium, displays and a bookstore.  
Park has 14 miles of hiking trails with great views of the Upper Mississippi River.


http://www.nps.gov/efmo/

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