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Conical effigy mound | |
Location of High Cliff State Park in WisconsinShow map of WisconsinHigh Cliff State Park (the United States)Show map of the United States | |
Location | Calumet, Wisconsin, United States |
Nearest city | Appleton |
Coordinates | 44°09′33″N 88°17′22″W / 44.15917°N 88.28944°W / 44.15917; -88.28944 |
Area | 1,187 acres (4.80 km) |
Established | 1956 |
Governing body | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
Website | High Cliff State Park |
High Cliff Mounds | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location | Calumet County, Wisconsin, USA |
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Nearest city | Sherwood |
Built | 500–1500 AD |
NRHP reference No. | 96001629 |
Added to NRHP | January 25, 1997 |
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. The park got its name from cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, a land formation east of the shore of Lake Winnebago that stretches north through northeast Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Ontario to Niagara Falls and New York State.
A new Master Plan for the park created in 2013 aims to nearly double the size of the park, to add new amenities, and expand conservation efforts.
Activities and amenities
- Trails: Hiking trails include the .6-mile (0.97 km) limestone-surfaced Indian Mound Trail. The north shoreline of Lake Winnebago can be seen from a 40-foot-tall (12 m) observation tower at the top of the escarpment. Various trails are available for biking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling.
- The park also offers camping, picnicking, boating, swimming, fishing, and hunting.
- A statue of Red Bird, the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) leader, overlooks the northeast end of Lake Winnebago.
Effigy mounds
The 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. A trail meanders through six long-tailed mounds and several conical mounds. Out of the original 30 effigy mounds in High Cliff, only nine remain, among them a panther mound that reaches 285 feet in length, as well as mounds presenting a bird and one that was most likely a bear. 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.
Images
- The welcome sign for High Cliff State Park in Sherwood, Wisconsin, in 2007
- The north end of Lake Winnebago taken from the observation tower at High Cliff State Park in Sherwood, Wisconsin
- Looking west at the southwest corner of Sherwood, Wisconsin and the north tip of Lake Winnebago taken from the observation tower at High Cliff State Park in Sherwood, Wisconsin
- View of Wisconsin's High Cliff State Park
- The general store and post office for High Cliff State Park near Sherwood, Wisconsin
- View of the cliff faces
- View of the outcrop on top of the bluff
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "High Cliff State Park". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. July 19, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
- Wisconsin DNR. "High Cliff State Park 2013 Master Plan" (PDF).
- ^ "High Cliff State Park: Activities and recreation". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. July 19, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
- Red Bird statue, other views
- ^ Birmingham, Robert A.; Eisenberg, Leslie E. (2000). Indian Mounds of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 194. ISBN 0-299-16874-3. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
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- "High Cliff Effigy Mounds" (PDF). Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
External links
- High Cliff State Park Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- High Cliff State Park 1982 Master Plan
- High Cliff State Park 2013 Master Plan
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- Mounds in Wisconsin
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- Native American history of Wisconsin
- Niagara Escarpment
- Protected areas of Calumet County, Wisconsin
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- National Register of Historic Places in Calumet County, Wisconsin
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