The Top 14 Natural Monuments around Monona
Monona’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 14
beautiful natural monuments around Monona. 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 Monona. 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: December 18, 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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Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Highlight • Natural Monument
This space of more than 16 acres has an important number of gardens all with particular themes. You will thus find the only Thai pavilion and garden in all the continental United States.
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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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Cherokee Marsh North Unit
Highlight • Natural
Situated at the headwaters of Madison's lakes, Cherokee Marsh serves as a natural sponge, filtering upland runoff and utilizing excess fertilizer to nourish marsh plants, gradually releasing cleaner water to …
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Edna Taylor Conservation Park
Highlight • Forest
EDNA BE TAYLOR WAS A TEACHER, WRITER AND, IN HER LATER YEARS, A DAIRY FARMER.
A BELIEVER IN SENSIBLE ECOLOGY" SHE PROPOSED TO SELL
37 OF HER 98 ACRES OF …
A BELIEVER IN SENSIBLE ECOLOGY" SHE PROPOSED TO SELL
37 OF HER 98 ACRES OF …
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