High Cliff State Park
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High Cliff Mounds | |
Location | Calument County, Wisconsin, USA |
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Nearest city | Sherwood |
Built | 500 - 1500 A.D. |
NRHP reference No. | 96001629 |
Added to NRHP | January 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 (12 m) 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
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Entrance sign
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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]]
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Post office
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ^ a b c d High Cliff State Park official website, Retrieved August 9, 2007
- ^ a b c Birmingham, Robert A. (2000). Indian Mounds of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. page 194. ISBN 0299168743. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
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External links
- High Cliff State Park official website
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