Medicine wheel
In some Native American cultures, the medicine wheel is a metaphor for a variety of spiritual concepts. A medicine wheel may also be a stone monument that illustrates this metaphor.Notable Places in the Area
Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark
Ruins
The Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark is a medicine wheel located in the Bighorn National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark is situated 360 feet west of Medicine wheel. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Medicine wheel
- Type: Monument
- Description: Native American spiritual concept and stone monument type
- Category: symbol
- Location: Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
Latitude 44.8261° or 44° 49' 33.9" north | Longitude -107.9204° or 107° 55' 13.4" west |
Elevation 9619 feet (2932 metres) | GeoNames ID 5832035 |
Also Known As
- Bavarian: Medizinrad
- Bavarian: Medizinradl
- Chinese: 巫輪
- Chinese: 巫轮
- Chinese: 魔術環
- Chinese: 麥迪幸輪
- English: medicine wheel
- French: Medecine wheel
- French: Medicine wheel
- French: Roue médecine
- German: Medicine Wheel
- German: Medizinrad
- Hungarian: Orvosságos kerekek
- Italian: Ruota di medicina
- Polish: Leczniczy Krąg w Wyomingu
- Polish: Medicine Wheel
- Romanian: Roata medicamentului
- Spanish: Rueda medicinal
Other Places Named Medicine wheel
- Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic LandmarkRuins, Wyoming, United States
- Medicine WheelTourist attraction, British Columbia, Canada
- Medicine WheelGrassland, New Mexico, United States
- Medicine WheelGarden, Indiana, United States
In the Area
Localities
- KaneHamlet, 14 miles west
- HimesLocality, 15 miles southwest
- Burgess JunctionHamlet, 20 miles east
- Big Horn CountyHamlet, 21 miles south
Landmarks
- Medicine MountainSummit, 1¼ miles southeast
- Porcupine FallsWaterfall, 2 miles north
- Five Springs Area MineQuarry, 3 miles southwest
- Cone MountainSummit, 3 miles northeast
Other Places
- KZMQ-FM (Greybull)Tower, 1 mile south
- Porcupine Falls TrailheadParking lot, 2 miles north
- Porcupine CampgroundCampsite, 3 miles east
- Bald Mountain CampgroundCampsite, 3½ miles southeast
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