Guided Bird Walks: Birding Hike along the Yellow River

Visitors are invited to join Upper Iowa Audubon Society birding expert, Dennis Kirschbaum, on the annual birding hike on the Yellow River boardwalk. The park has a limited number of binoculars that can be borrowed for the hike, visitors are encouraged to bring their own.

Activity tables will be set out in the visitor center that day for kids to learn about the migratory birds of this area and conservation.

Effigy Mounds NM Hiking Challenge
The park currently has six hiking patches for hiking one of six park trails: Yellow River Boardwalk, Fire Point, Hanging Rock, Heritage Addition, Marching Bears, and Sny Magill. Hikes are self-guided, and the patches can be picked up from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves prehistoric American Indian burial and ceremonial mounds, including some in the shape of animals. The monument is located three miles north of Marquette, Iowa, and 22 miles south of Waukon, Iowa, on HWY 76 and is one of 430+ national park sites. For more information call (563) 873-3491 ext. 123 or visit the parks website at www.nps.gov/effigymounds or visit the parks Facebook page at www.facebook/EffigyMounds.

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