Accessibility

Yellow River Boardwalk Trail
Yellow River Boardwalk Trail

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Accessible Resources

The visitor center, museum, auditorium, and park store are accessible to wheelchairs. In addition, a one-mile round trip boardwalk trail is wheelchair-accessible. Additionally, although most Indian mound groups involve hiking along relatively long and steep trails, three conical burial mounds located adjacent to the visitor center can be viewed from an accessible trail.

Yellow River Boardwalk Trail

For thousands of years, local American Indians were sustained by the bounty of the Mississippi and Yellow Rivers' wetlands. From beavers to arrowhead plants to the local clay, invaluable materials that were very much a part of these peoples' daily life were gathered from these wetlands.


The Yellow River Boardwalk Trail, which is accessible to those with physical disabilities, allows visitors to explore this wetland environment. The walk over over recycled planks is approximately .4 miles one way. Birders will enjoy the neotropical migrants and resident nesting birds frequently found along the boardwalk. Turtles, frogs, muskrats and other four-legged animals are also seen in abundance here.

 
Yellow River Boardwalk Trail
Yellow River Boardwalk Trail

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Service Animals

Service animals such as seeing-eye dogs are allowed in buildings while performing their work.

 
Boardwalk Trail Wetland
Boardwalk Trail Wetland

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Last updated: July 5, 2023

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Contact Info

Mailing Address:

151 Hwy 76
Harpers Ferry, IA 52146

Phone:

563 873-3491 x123
Visitor Center front desk.

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