High Cliff State Park

High Cliff State Park is a 1,187-acre (480 ha) Wisconsin state park near Sherwood, Wisconsin. It is the only state-owned recreation area located on Lake Winnebago. It is named after the towering limestone cliff of the Niagara Escarpment which overlooks the park along the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago, providing hikers with several challenging trails.

The park's location along the shores of Lake Winnebago means that you can participate in many water-related activities which include sailing, wind-surfing, kite-boarding, paddling, swimming, and fishing. The effigy mounds at the top of the escarpment have led to a small part of the park being added to the National Register of Historic Places, listed as High Cliff Mounds. A trail meanders through six long-tailed mounds and several conical mounds. Out of the original 30 effigy mounds in High Cliff, only nine remain, among them a panther mound that reaches 285 feet in length, as well as mounds presenting a bird and one that was most likely a bear. The mounds are consistent with other mound groups found at the peak of the Niagara Escarpment along the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago, including the Calumet County Park Group.

Location: Calumet, Wisconsin, United States

Area: 1,187 acres (4.80 km2)

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Phone: 920-989-1106

Hour: 6:00 am - 11:00 pm

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