Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark

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kjfitz @ 2009-09-11 11:49:29

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Description:

The Bighorn Medicine Wheel is a medicine wheel located in the Big Horn Mountains of the U.S. state of Wyoming.

The structure is located at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m), near the summit of Medicine Mountain. It is a precolumbian structure, built from roughly loaf-sized stones gathered from the surrounding area. The structure consists of a circular rim, 25 yards (23 m) in diameter, 28 spokes extending from the rim to the center, and a series of seven cairns.

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Location:

Burgess Junction, Wyoming (WY), US
@ 44.82629900, -107.92153400

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