Slinde Mounds State Preserve contains ancient Indian mound burials in some hill prairie. About in extent, it is on a terrace above Canoe Creek, a tributary of the Upper Iowa River, and is approximately six miles from Waukon, Iowa in Hanover Township, in Allamakee County. The state acquired the land in 1979. Since 1989 listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It receives its name from the family who sold the land to the state. It is located in the Driftless Area of Iowa, a region which escaped being glaciated during the last ice age. It is adjacent to the Canoe Creek Wildlife Management Area and the Upper Iowa Access hunting area. See also List of Registered Historic Places in Iowa Iowa archaeology List of burial mounds in the United States Sources "Slinde Mounds", Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Retrieved July 14, 2007 Iowa DNR State Preserves, Retrieved July 14, 2007 Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Driftless Area Iowa state preserves Mounds in Iowa Native American history of Iowa Protected areas of Allamakee County, Iowa Protected areas established in 1989 Woodland period National Register of Historic Places in Allamakee County, Iowa Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Historic districts in Allamakee County, Iowa