Bear Effigy Mound

Bear Effigy Mound is an archaeological site in Dane, Wisconsin. Bear Effigy Mound is situated nearby to the archaeological site Lynx Effigy Mound, as well as near Hudson Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olbrich Botanical Gardens and Elmside Circle Park.

Olbrich Botanical Gardens

Garden

Photo: Chief-O, Public domain.

Olbrich Botanical Gardens is a 16-acre outdoor botanical garden and 10,000-square-foot conservatory in Madison, Wisconsin. Founded in 1952 and named for its founder, Michael Olbrich, the gardens are owned and operated jointly by the City of Madison Parks and the non-profit Olbrich Botanical Society. Olbrich Botanical Gardens is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Bear Effigy Mound.

Elmside Circle Park

Park

Photo: BrianStanding, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Olbrich Park

Park

Photo: BrianStanding, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monona and Maple Bluff.

Monona

Village

Photo: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0.

Monona is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of the state capital, Madison, the city lies on the southeastern shore of Lake Monona, from which it takes its name. Monona is situated 2 miles south of Bear Effigy Mound.

Maple Bluff

Village

Maple Bluff is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,368 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Madison located on the eastern shore of Lake Mendota and is part of the Madison metropolitan area. Maple Bluff is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bear Effigy Mound.

Madison

Photo: Emery, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, is situated on an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. As the anchor of the Greater Madison Area, it is home to the University of Wisconsin — Madison, one of the premier universities in the United States.

Bear Effigy Mound

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Dane, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.09033° or 43° 5′ 25″ north

Longitude

-89.34005° or 89° 20′ 24″ west

Open location code

86MG3MR5+4X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3236429286

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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