Built primarily of stone, a low perimeter walls encloses the 140-acre plateau of the mesa-like ridge top. At intervals along the walls is evidence of mysterious burning that produced heat […]
Seip Earthworks – Hopewell Culture NHP
A magnificent engineering feat of earthworks is Seip Earthworks with over two miles of embankment wall enclosing over 120-acres in the shape of two immense circles and a 27-acre square […]
Hopewell Mound Group – Hopewell Culture NHP
The 300-acre Hopewell Mound Group, part of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, is a parallelogram 1,800 feet long on the east and the west sides and 2,800 feet long on […]
Hopeton Earthworks – Hopewell Culture NHP
The Hopewell Culture National Historical Park – Hopeton Earthworks complex includes a 20-acre circle, a 20-acre square, at least two small circles and parallel walls.
Hopewell Culture National Historic Park
Open Monday Sunday 8:30am to 5:00pm. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. Free admission. At the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, you can view history first-hand by […]
Ancient Ohio Trail
Discover ancient America where, two thousand years ago, Native Americans filled the Ohio River region with vast and precise earthen monuments. Tour these spectacular ceremonial centers, discover their architecture and […]
Junction Earthworks / Arc of Appalachia
Open all year 9:00am to sunset The new Archaeological Park and Nature Preserve, Junction Earthworks, is open to the public 365 days of the year from 9 am to […]
Story Mound
Open all year Daylight hours only Story Mound, of interest primarily to archaeologists, consists of a large, rounded earthen mound located on slightly less than an acre of ground […]