Daily ranger-guided programs and tours are now available at the Mound City Group Visitor Center of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Visitors have the option of joining a morning tour of Mound City Group at 10:00 AM or an afternoon tour of Mound City Group at 3:30 PM. Additionally, a daily mid-day ranger program at […]
A Walk Through Time at Hopewell Mound Group People 2,000 years ago traveled from all over to come to Ross County and the Scioto River valley. Some consider the area the Vatican or the Jerusalem of Eastern North America; a place to gather, make pilgrimages to, and bury your loved ones. No site exemplifies this […]
FREE to the public! Generously sponsored by the Ross County Park District as part of their Outdoor Yoga Series. Join Explorer Yoga at the Buzzard's Roost Nature Preserve in Chillicothe as we go "off the mat" to blend elements of yoga (mindful breathing, yoga postures, and meditation techniques) into your hike! Beginners are welcome and […]
The Hoggard Trail in Ross County's Buzzard's Roost Preserve has both natural and historical scenery. In the forest are remnants of 200 years of human alterations: a public road, house ruins, mico-quarries, pine plantations, a graveyard...and periwinkle, which does not plant itself. For those who missed my offering of a historical and geological tour of […]
