Of course, you can’t talk about Sutliff Bridge without mentioning Baxa’s General Store. After 100 years of service, it was appointed to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. Even though it has been closed to traffic since the 1980s, it continues to draw people from all over eastern Iowa and beyond for its beauty. This isn’t just any old bridge! Sutliff Bridge, completed in 1898, spans the Cedar River in three sections marked by impressive steel arches. Photo Credit: Cliff Jette / The Gazette Sutliff Bridgeĭistance from Iowa City: 20 miles northeast With several neighboring campsites and a nearby state park (Pikes Peak State Park), it’s the perfect opportunity to make an outdoorsy weekend out of it! You’ll see more than historic mounds on your hikes, too – there are stunning views of the Mississippi river along many of the trails. Twenty mound-building tribes created these effigies, which serve as sacred and ceremonial sites.īecause the mounds can be observed in any season, even when they are covered in snow, the park is open year-round. The mounds vary in shape, with the most common formations being round, linear, or in the form of birds and bears. The park preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by American Indian tribes anywhere from 750 – 1450 years ago. Most people from the Corridor know about Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, but fewer folks know Iowa’s second national park site is less than 3 hours away!Įffigy Mounds National Monument covers more than 3 square miles of wooded area along the edge of the Mississippi River. Photo Credit: NPS.gov Effigy Mounds National Monumentĭistance from Iowa City: 120 miles northeast
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