Climbing Monk's Mound The National Park Service's World Heritage Sites website has this to say about Monk's Mound, highest of the Cahokia mounds: "Monks Mound, for example, covers 14 acres, rises 100 feet, and was topped by a massive 5,000 square-foot building another 50 feet high. As the largest prehistoric earthen construction in the Americas, Monks Mound is a testament to the sophisticated engineering skills of these people." The website also has an artist's conception of what the city at Cahokia may have looked like in its heyday. steps to the top of the 1st terrace, Monk's Mound the ascent to the very top of Monk's Mound
St. Louis skyline from the top of the mound	bales in a field on the other side
two smaller mounds, across the highway	colorful, scarab-like beetles beside the steps
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Climbing Monk's Mound

The National Park Service's World Heritage Sites website has this to say about Monk's Mound, highest
of the Cahokia mounds: "Monks Mound, for example, covers 14 acres, rises 100 feet, and was topped by a massive 5,000 square-foot building another 50 feet high. As the largest prehistoric earthen construction in the Americas, Monks Mound is a testament to the sophisticated engineering skills of these people." The website also has an artist's conception of what the city at Cahokia may have looked like in its heyday.

steps to 1st terrace top, monk's mound
steps to the top of the 1st terrace, Monk's Mound

steps to top of Monk's Mound
the ascent to the very top of Monk's Mound