Great Bear Effigy Mound
Great Bear Effigy Mound is in Allamakee, Iowa. Great Bear Effigy Mound is situated nearby to Little Bear Mound, as well as near Great Bear Mound.| 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
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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
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 Great Bear Effigy Mound.
Great Bear Effigy Mound
- Type: Sign
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Allamakee, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.09278° or 43° 5′ 34″ northLongitude
-91.18332° or 91° 10′ 60″ westOpen location code
86MC3RV8+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 12762944566OpenStreetMap feature
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Bear Mound and Great Bear Mound.
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