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<< Other Photo Pages >> Grand Mound - Artificial Mound in United States in The Plains

Submitted by bat400 on Tuesday, 14 September 2010  Page Views: 2956

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Grand Mound Alternative Name: Smith Mounds
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 83.117 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The Plains Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: International Falls, MN
Latitude: 48.516000N  Longitude: 93.707W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Grand Mound
Grand Mound submitted by Flickr : Grand Mound is believed to be the largest surviving prehistoric structure in the Upper Midwest. The 2,200-year-old mound, located about 17 miles west of International Falls, was a tourist attraction for decades. Now the site is permanently closed to visitors. Image copyright: kevystew (Kevin Stewart), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
Grand Mound is the largest burial mound in the upper midwest United States. 25 feet tall with a base 100 by 140 feet. There are four other mounds on the site.

Managed by the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) since 1971, the site had an interpretive center, trails to the mound site, and picnic areas. The society closed the site to the public, permanently, in 2007, reporting that the decision was based on the sacred nature of the site. However, many speculated that low visitor attendance and costs were the primary factors in the decision. The site is still managed by the MHS.
In 2008 the Rainy River First Nations Band, immediately across the border in Canada, approached county and city officials with a recommendation to reopen the site, voicing their support for educational programs at the site.
Although tourism websites in the area still mention the site, it is not listed as being open by either the MHS or Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which runs the state parks system.

A National Register of Historic Places site.

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Grand Mound
Grand Mound submitted by AKFisher : Photo credit Gregory L. Little, Ed.D. Early 1900's photo of Grand Mound in Minnesota. For some years there was a museum at the site and it was open to the public. The site is now closed to the public. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 32.0km WNW 297° Manitou Mounds* Barrow Cemetery
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