Medicine wheel

Medicine wheels are petroforms or circular formations of rocks on the land. Historically, most medicine wheels followed a similar pattern of a central circle or cluster of stones, surrounded by an outer ring of stones, along with spokes radiating from the center out to the surrounding ring.
Wikipedia
  • Type: monument
  • Description: Native American spiritual concept and stone monument type
  • Also known as: “Leczniczy Krąg w Wyomingu”, “Medecine wheel”, “medicine wheel”, “Roue de la médecine”, and “麥迪幸輪”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark.

Protected area
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The Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic… is situated 360 feet west of Medicine wheel.

Medicine wheel

Latitude
44.82607° or 44° 49′ 34″ north
Longitude
-107.92038° or 107° 55′ 13″ west
Elevation
9,619 feet (2,932 metres)
Open location code
85PJR3GH+CR
Geo­Names ID
5832035
Wiki­data ID
Q1060893
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Turkish—“Medicine wheel” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Medizinrad”
  • Bavarian: “Medizinradl”
  • Chinese: “巫輪”
  • Chinese: “巫轮”
  • Chinese: “魔術環”
  • Danish: “Medicinhjul”
  • French: “Roue de médecine”
  • French: “Roue médecine”
  • German: “Medicine Wheel”
  • Hebrew: “גלגל רפואה”
  • Hindi: “दवा का पहिया”
  • Hungarian: “Orvosságos kerekek”
  • Italian: “Ruota di medicina”
  • Korean: “치유의 바퀴”
  • Panjabi: “ਦਵਾਈ ਚੱਕਰ”
  • Polish: “Medicine Wheel”
  • Romanian: “Roata medicamentului”
  • Spanish: “Círculo sagrado”
  • Spanish: “Rueda medicinal”
  • Turkish: “Şifa çarkı”

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