Effigy Mounds

Places of Interest Nearby

Old Spring Tavern

Historic building

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The Old Spring Tavern was built as a stopping place in 1854 on the Madison-Monroe stagecoach road. The city of Madison, Wisconsin has grown around the old Greek Revival-styled building and in 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Old Spring Tavern is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Effigy Mounds.

Temple Beth El

Synagogue

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Temple Beth El, also known as Temple Beth-El, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Madison, Wisconsin, in the United States. The congregation was founded in 1939. Temple Beth El is situated 1 mile north of Effigy Mounds.

Plough Inn

Guest house

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The Plough Inn is a stone and brick structure built in 1853 southwest of what was then Madison, Wisconsin. The building served as an inn for travelers on the road heading southwest for the lead-mining region. Plough Inn is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Effigy Mounds.

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Shorewood Hills

Village

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Shorewood Hills is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. It was established in 1927. The population was 2,169 at the 2020 census. Entirely surrounded by the city of Madison and Lake Mendota, it is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shorewood Hills is situated 2½ miles northwest of Effigy Mounds.

Madison

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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.

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