Devil's Lake State Park (Wisconsin) - Mounds

Mounds

The park has several American Indian mounds. Most are extremely small. Across the parking lot from the nature center are effigy mounds built in stylized animal shapes, such as a lynx and a sparrow. In front of the concession building is a linear mound, one of several geometric mounds in the park. These mounds were used as an ancient burial site by early North Americans. The nature center offers specific courses designed to teach individuals about the history of the effigy mounds.

• Linear mound near the concession building

• Lynx mound near the nature center

• Even when discovered, the mounds were small