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The area has a number of parks to enjoy.
Pikes Peak State Park and
Effigy Mounds National Monument
offer beautiful scenery, great picnicking and hiking
opportunities. Spend time on the mighty Mississippi, fishing,
boating or perhaps just enjoying one of the many beaches.
Effigy Moundbuilders created
burial and ceremonial structures were typically flat-topped or
flat-topped or rounded cones, elongated ridges, and sometimes a
variety of other forms. At Effigy Mounds National Monument there
are 195 known mounds - 31 of them effigies - amid 2,526 acres of
forest, prairies, bluffs, wetlands, and 14 miles of hiking trails.
The
river at McGregor is the Mississippi at it's very best. Located in
McGregor is an office and visitor's center for The
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
McGregor is located in the middle of the refuge.
Want to check on the river right now?
Click here.
 Pikes
Peak State Park is a hiker's
delight. On its trails, hikers can explore beautiful wooded bluffs
and valleys. Along the trails, hikers will see sheer walls of
Decorah limestone, and fossil remains including brachiopods,
gastropods and cephalopods.
The trail goes past Bridal Veil
Falls, a refreshing spring. The other trail leading to the
Point Ann
overlooks and the town of McGregor offers an invigorating hike with
breathtaking views.
Additional Things to do, and
places to visit, in the area include:
Eagles Landing Winery
Lady Luck Casino - Pink Elephant Showroom
Paper Moon - Book Store and More
River Junction Trade Company
Mississippi Explorer Cruises
Maiden Voyage Tours
Mississippi River Sculpture Park
Links to Event calendars in the area:
Effigy
mounds--- events--
http://www.nps.gov/efmo/planyourvisit/events.htm
McGregor Chamber—community calendar--
http://www.mcgreg-marq.org/calendar.htm
Pdc
chamber----events--
http://www.prairieduchien.org/visitors/events.htm
Fort
Crawford events--
http://www.fortcrawfordmuseum.com/events.html
Events with in an hours drive for shorter daytrips:
Lansing
Fish days. August 6- 9
http://www.lansingfishdays.com/
Decorah. Nordic fest. July 23 24 25
http://www.nordicfest.com/
Gays
Mills Apple fest Sept 27 28
http://www.gaysmills.org/apple.html
Taliesin http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/
House
on the rock
http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium
http://www.mississippirivermuseum.com/
Places to Eat Locally:
McGregor Coffee Roasters
Old man
river Brewery
http://www.oldmanriverbrewery.com/
Eagles
Landing Winery
River
View Inn
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