Baraboo, Wisconsin: Man Mound
Only human-shaped mound in North America. An adjacent road was cut across the Man's legs, so they've been painted onto the asphalt. Not mowed in summer to give some shape to the man. Not much height to the mound. Our favorite part is the asphalt.
- Address:
- E13085 Man Mound Rd, Baraboo, WI
- Directions:
- Northeast of town. I-90 exit 106. Turn west onto WI-33 and drive about seven miles. Turn right (no stoplight or street sign) onto Man Mound Rd. Drive about two miles to the Mound, on the left.
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Located northeast of Baraboo, on Man Mound Road, lies in Man Mound Park. The Man Mound is a precontact earthwork of a humanoid figure located in Greenfield, Sauk County, Wisconsin, east of the city of Baraboo. Constructed during the Late Woodland period, the mound is the only surviving anthropomorphic effigy mound in North America. Not clearly visible during summer due to grass/weeds, but mowed around object to discern placement and mound.
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An adjacent road was cut across the Man's legs, so they've been painted onto the asphalt. The feet on one side, and the body on the other, are not mowed in the summer to give some shape to the man. It's not much of a mound, though.