High Cliff State Park | |
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Location | Calumet, Wisconsin, United States |
Coordinates | 44°09′33″N 88°17′22″W / 44.15917°N 88.28944°W |
Area | 1,187 acres (4.80 km2) |
Established | 1956 |
Governing body | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
Website | High Cliff State Park |
High Cliff Mounds | |
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 [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]
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. [3]
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 through six long-tailed mounds and several conical mounds. [6] 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. [6] [7] 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. [6]
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