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High Cliff Mounds
Conical effigy mound
LocationSherwood, Wisconsin, USA
Built500 - 1500 A.D.
NRHP reference No.96001629
Added to NRHPJanuary 25 1997[1]

High Cliff State Park is a 1,187-acre (480 ha) Wisconsin state park near Sherwood, Wisconsin. It is the only state-owned recreation area located on Lake Winnebago.[2] The park was established in 1956.

The park got its name from cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, a land formation east of the shore of Lake Winnebago. The formation stretches north through northeast Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Ontario, to Niagara Falls.[2] The north shoreline of Lake Winnebago is visible from a 40 foot tall observation tower at the top of the escarpment.[2] The park currently features a picnic area, a boat launch, and a beach. Activities include camping, hiking, horse riding, skiing, and picnicing.[2]

Effigy mounds at the top of the escarpment have led to a small part of the park being added to the National Register of Historic Places, listed as High Cliff Mounds.[1] A trail meanders though six long-tailed mounds and several conical mounds.[3] The group originally consisted of a bird and a mound that was most likely a bear.[3] The mounds are consistent with other mound groups found at the peak of the Niagara Escarpment along the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago, including the Calumet County Park Group.[3]

Images

  • Entrance sign
    Entrance sign
  • Looking west at the north end of Lake Winnebago taken from near the top of the Niagara Escarpment on an observation tower at High Cliff State Park]]
    Looking west at the north end of Lake Winnebago taken from near the top of the Niagara Escarpment on an observation tower at High Cliff State Park]]
  • Post office
    Post office

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ a b c d High Cliff State Park official website, Retrieved August 9 2007
  3. ^ a b c Birmingham, Robert A. (2000). Indian Mounds of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. page 194. ISBN 0299168743. Retrieved 2008-09-29. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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