The Top 7 Natural Monuments around Lake Mendota
Lake Mendota’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 7
beautiful natural monuments around Lake Mendota. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Lake Mendota. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 7, 2025
Picnic Point Mound Group
Highlight • Historical Site
Around 2,000 years ago, local inhabitants initiated the burial of their dead in the sacred mounds that scatter across the Point. At one time, Picnic Point boasted seven mounds, but …
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Class of 1918 Marsh
Highlight • Natural
The Class of 1918 Marsh is a tiny remnant of a large wetland that formerly
covered all of the area now occupied by playing fields, parking lots, and the Nielsen …
covered all of the area now occupied by playing fields, parking lots, and the Nielsen …
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Eagle Heights Mound Group (DA130)
Highlight • Historical Site
Save The Mounds, respect the Ho-Chunk indigenous people, and stay off the mounds
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John Muir Park (Muir Woods)
Highlight • Forest
John Muir Park, also known as Muir Woods, is a 7-acre patch of forest in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. John Muir, the famed naturalist, …
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Frautschi Point
Highlight • Viewpoint
Beautiful observation point, with bench & picnic area, honors conservationist Walter Frautschi
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