High Cliff State Park
High Cliff State Park | |
Wisconsin State Park | |
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County | Calumet |
Location | Sherwood |
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Area | 1,187 acres (480 ha) |
Founded | 1956 |
Management | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
Website: High Cliff State Park | |
High Cliff Mounds
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Location | Calumet County, Wisconsin, USA |
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Nearest city | Sherwood |
Built | 500 - 1500 AD |
NRHP Reference # | 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 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.[2]
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.[3]
- The park also offers camping, picnicking, boating, swimming, fishing, and hunting.[3]
- A statue of Red Bird, the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) leader, overlooks the northeast end of Lake Winnebago.[4]
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.[1] A trail meanders though six long-tailed mounds and several conical mounds.[5] The group originally consisted of a bird and a mound that was most likely a bear.[5] 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.[5]
See also
References
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- ↑ Red Bird statue, other views
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External links
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- High Cliff State Park Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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- Mounds in Wisconsin
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- Native American history of Wisconsin
- Niagara Escarpment
- Protected areas of Calumet County, Wisconsin
- Protected areas established in 1956
- State parks of Wisconsin
- Nature centers in Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places in Calumet County, Wisconsin