National Park Service Birthday – Effigy Mounds National Monument
Come celebrate our 108th birthday! We will have birthday cake and children can do the activities for the Centennial junior ranger book and earn a 2016 Centennial pin.
Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves prehistoric American Indian burial and ceremonial mounds, including some in the shape of animals. The monument’s main entrance is located three miles north of Marquette, Iowa, and 22 miles south of Waukon, Iowa, on HWY 76. Visitor Center hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but trails are open from dawn until dusk. For more information, call (563) 873-3491 or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/efmo or its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/EffigyMounds