News & Updates
View our upcoming activities below. Our annual events each have a page explaining them in more detail:
CELEBRATE SPRING’S ARRIVAL AT FRANK’S – MARCH 20, 2025
The tradition of observing solstice and equinox events at a site in southern Richland County will continue with recognition of the vernal equinox amongst the ancient effigy mounds at Frank’s Hill near Muscoda on Thursday, March 20th. The Three Eagles Foundation will welcome people for the sunrise and sunset marking the first official day of spring. Spring begins at 4:01a.m. (CDT) on March 20th. Representatives of the Three Eagles Foundation will be on Hill East for both events, weather permitting. ...
read moreWINTER SOLSTICE OBSERVANCE SLATED FOR FRANK’S HILL – DECEMBER 21, 2024
The public is invited to Frank’s Hill in southern Richland County on Saturday, December 21st, to view the setting sun on the day of the year with the least amount of daylight, known as the winter solstice. The site is a small knoll peppered with effigy mounds located on STH 193 just off STH 60 a few miles west of Muscoda and has been a gathering place for many solstice and equinox events in the past. Weather permitting, area residents are invited to join the festivities and remember events of the past year. A moment of silence...
read moreBATTLE OF WISCONSIN HEIGHTS TOUR ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2024
The 2024 Cultural Landscape Legacies annual tour will begin at the historic Battle of Wisconsin Heights site from the Black Hawk War of 1832 on Saturday, November 9th, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The site is located on STH 78 a short distance from Sauk City. The tour will be led by David Gjestson, former Department of Natural Resources Riverway Coordinator, who was responsible for acquisition of the historic site in the early 1990’s and who is a scholar of the Black Hawk War and, in particular, the famous battle fought at that location. In...
read moreEQUINOX EVENTS SLATED FOR FRANK’S HILL – Sept. 22, 2024
Frank’s Hill, an effigy mound site in southern Richland County, will be open to the public for observance of the autumnal equinox. Fall officially begins at 7:43 a.m. on Sunday, September 22nd. Everyone is invited to gather at this sacred effigy mounds site near Muscoda to view the sunset and gather around a campfire on the evening of Saturday, September 21st, to bid farewell to summer. Early risers are welcome to view the sunrise on the morning of September 22nd. The site also may be visited during the day to see the mounds and the grand...
read moreCELEBRATE SPRING’S ARRIVAL AT FRANK’S HILL ON MARCH 20TH
The tradition of observing solstice and equinox events at a site in southern Richland County will continue with recognition of the vernal equinox amongst the ancient effigy mounds at Frank’s Hill near Muscoda on March 20th. The Three Eagles Foundation will welcome people for the sunrise and sunset marking the official changing of the seasons. The east-west alignment of the mounds coincides sunrise and sunset at the spring equinox. Spring begins at 10:06 p.m. (CDT)...
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