Bear Mound
Bear Mound is in Allamakee, Iowa. Bear Mound is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Fire Point, as well as near the cliff Eagle Rock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Effigy Mounds National Monument.
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Photo: Jamiesambdman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
Photo: railfan 44, Public domain.
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
Photo: lhoon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 5 miles south of Bear Mound.
Bear Mound
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Allamakee, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.09434° or 43° 5′ 40″ northLongitude
-91.18066° or 91° 10′ 50″ westOpen location code
86MC3RV9+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 12762944564OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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