News Release

Winter Birds of Effigy Mounds National Monument & Film Festival

Upcoming Events at Effigy Mounds National Monument

Date: December 5, 2024
Contact: Devan Matthew, (563)-873-3491

Join a park ranger Monday, December 23rd at 1:00pm for a program on the winter birds of the park. This family friendly program will start in the auditorium. Attendees will learn basic bird ID then make a bird feeder craft to take home. A short bird walk on the Yellow River boardwalk trail will follow the indoor program. Please come dressed for the weather and prepared to walk half a mile on an accessible trail.

Back by popular demand, Effigy Mounds National Monument will be hosting three Film Festival dates this winter, showing a series of National Park films:

Saturday January 25, 2024, 1:00-3:00pm

• Trail of Tears: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
• Ná Qc Tím̉íne Wisí X (Of One Heart): Nez Perce National Historical Park
• A Prophecy Fulfilled: The Cayuse & the Whitmans at Waiilatpu Knife River Indian Villages
• Those Are My Ancestors: Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park

Sunday February 23, 1:00-3:00pm

• Casa Grande: House of Many Stories
• Castillo de San Marcos: A Long Legacy – An Effective Defense
• Tumacacori: A Cultural Crossroads
• Voyages of the San Salvador – Cabrillo’s Journey

Monday March 17, 1:00-3:00pm

• A Glorious Journey: John Muir National Historic Site
• Craters of the Moon: The Movie!
• Wilderness of Rock: Canyonlands National Park
• Shadows of the Past – Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
• Big Thicket: America’s First National Preserve

The film festival will be held inside the auditorium of the visitor center. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch one or all the films that will be showing. There will also be light refreshments available and an intermission halfway through the event.

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. For more information call [phone] ext. 123 or visit the park's website at www.nps.gov/effigymounds.

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