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The managing agency publishes official acreage."},"firstProtected":null,"established":null,"administrations":[],"designationHistory":[],"summary":"The mounds preserved here are considered sacred by many Americans, especially the Monument's 20 culturally associated American Indian tribes. A visit offers opportunities to contemplate the meanings of the mounds and the people who built them. 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Temperatures are in °Fahrenheit.","contacts":{"phone":"5638733491","email":"efmo_interpretation@nps.gov"},"visitorCenters":[{"name":"Visitor Center","description":"The visitor center is open year-round except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day; during extreme weather conditions; and as indicated below. Because visitor center hours may vary by season, the specific opening and closing times during either the summer or the winter season follow.","url":"https://www.nps.gov/efmo/planyourvisit/hours.htm","lat":43.088812767000036,"lon":-91.18553137399994}],"campgrounds":[],"thingsToDo":[],"nearby":[{"slug":"driftless-area-national-wildlife-refuge","km":15},{"slug":"upper-mississippi-river-national-wildlife-and-fish-refuge","km":40},{"slug":"trempealeau-national-wildlife-refuge","km":111},{"slug":"necedah-national-wildlife-refuge","km":144},{"slug":"herbert-hoover-national-historic-site","km":158},{"slug":"fox-river-national-wildlife-refuge","km":160}],"hasBoundary":true,"boundarySource":{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division","url":"https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2224545"},"sources":[{"name":"NPS Data API","url":"https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1/parks?parkCode=efmo"},{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division boundaries","url":"https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/NPS_Land_Resources_Division_Boundary_and_Tract_Data_Service/FeatureServer/2"}],"editorialStatus":"draft","synced":"2026-11-09T02:12:45.611Z","alerts":[],"url":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/sites/effigy-mounds-national-monument/","boundaryUrl":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/boundaries/effigy-mounds-national-monument.geojson"}