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 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)...
read moreWINTER SOLSTICE OBSERVANCE SLATED FOR FRANK’S HILL
The public is invited to Frank’s Hill in southern Richland County on Thursday, December 21st, when the setting sun on the shortest of day of the year will be viewed from a small knoll peppered with effigy mounds in southern Richland County. The property is located on STH 193 just off STH 60 a few miles west of Muscoda and has been the site of many solstice and equinox gatherings in the past. Weather permitting, area residents are invited to join the festivities and remember events of the past year. A moment of silence will be...
read moreFRANK’S HILL OPEN TO PUBLIC FOR EQUINOX EVENT – SEPT. 22ND & 23RD
MUSCODA…..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 1:50 a.m. on Saturday, September 23rd. Everyone is invited to gather at Frank’s Hill near Muscoda to view the sunset and gather around a campfire on the evening of the September 22nd to bid farewell to summer or to view the first sunrise of autumn on the morning of September 23rd. The site also may be visited during the day to see the mounds and the grand...
read more’23 SUMMER SOLSTICE OBSERVANCE SET FOR FRANK’S HILL
The public is invited to Frank’s Hill in southern Richland County to observe the setting sun on the summer solstice, which marks the most daylight between sunrise and sunset in the calendar year. The official start of summer will occur at 9:57 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21st. Weather permitting, the Three Eagles Foundation will provide a guided tour and a campfire for sharing stories in the evening. Participants are encouraged to arrive by 7:30 p.m. to have time to walk around the mounds and should be there by 8:00 p.m. to enjoy the sunset....
read moreCELEBRATE SPRING’S ARRIVAL AT FRANK’S HILL
Winter has not yet relinquished the season’s cold grip on the landscape but the calendar says spring will arrive soon. The snow cover is disappearing and the sandhill cranes and robins are returning! 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. The Three Eagles Foundation will welcome people for the sunset on Monday, March 20th, and sunrise on Tuesday, March 21st, marking of the...
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