Yellow River
Yellow River is a locality in Fairview Township, Allamakee, Iowa. Yellow River is situated nearby to the locality La Prairie Retirement Village, as well as near the hamlet West Yards.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Effigy Mounds National Monument.
Effigy Mounds National Monument
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Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by pre-Columbian Mound Builder cultures, mostly in the first millennium CE, during the later part of the Woodland period of pre-Columbian North America.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marquette and Prairie du Chien.
Marquette
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Marquette is a small town in northeast Iowa. It is of interest to travelers as the jumping-off point for Effigy Mounds National Monument. Another small town, McGregor, is immediately to the south.
Prairie du Chien
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Prairie du Chien is a city in the Southern Wisconsin River Valley of Southwest Wisconsin, near the junction of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers.
McGregor
Village
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McGregor is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 742 at the time of the 2020 census. McGregor is located on the Mississippi River across from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Pike's Peak State Park is located just south of the city. McGregor is situated 4½ miles south of Yellow River.
Yellow River
- Type: Locality
- Location: Fairview Township, Allamakee, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.08776° or 43° 5′ 16″ northLongitude
-91.18791° or 91° 11′ 17″ westElevation
656 feet (200 metres)Open location code
86MC3RQ6+4RGeoNames ID
4882609
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