Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is seeking pairs of volunteers to assist in removing the invasive garlic mustard from areas at Mound City Group during the month of April. All interested volunteers must attend a training session with a partner, which will be held at the Mound City Group Visitor Center on Saturday, March 23, […]
Members of the media and general public are invited to attend any of these events. Admission and parking are free, and parking directions and procedures are posted below. The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks is the collective name for eight monumental sites built by Native Americans over 2,000 years ago in what is now the state of […]
Events at the park include our Centennial kickoff on March 2, 2023 (the actual Centennial date), with fun-filled activities and programs at the Mound City Group Visitor Center and a special presentation by Dr. Bret Ruby, Park Archaeologist, "Archeology Then and Now: A Century of Writing Unwritten Histories at Hopewell Culture NHP." Other events are […]
The park rangers of Hopewell Culture want you to become a junior ranger! Learn all about the earthworks and the practices of the culture and earn the official Junior Ranger badge for Hopewell Culture NHP. Visitors of all ages will have the opportunity to earn numerous types of badges and experience our newest Junior Scientist […]
National parks have sparked creativity for generations, from landscape painters to photographers, and nature enthusiast to writers, the love of national parks is spread far and wide. How do you like to express your love of national parks? Join us on Sunday April 17th to #sParkCreativity by writing a haiku for #internationalHaikuDay and painting a […]
On National Junior Ranger Day, the park rangers of Hopewell Culture want you to come and become a junior ranger and learn all about the earthworks and the practices of the culture. We will be offering our traditional Junior Ranger booklet along with our Junior Archeology activity booklet. If you are feeling extra ambitious the […]
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is excited to introduce a new archeological series, “Where’s the Line?”. Join our rangers and archeologists in this series of programs as we investigate all the blurry lines that exist in archaeology that lead to important questions which encourage us to keep learning more about the past. Join us on […]
Presented by David J. Shetlar, PhD (the BugDoc) With all the current talk about environmental adverse impacts of modern pesticides, people often adopt a pastoral view that our forefathers had less problems dealing with toxins. In the 1880s, We will find out that a common pesticide was mercury chloride, though benzene (a known carcinogen) and […]
Wander our nature trail with a volunteer from the Scioto Valley Bird and Nature Club in hopes of finding our feathered friends along the way. This event is part of the National Audubon Society's Great Backyard Bird Count in which thousands of people across the US and Canada count and learn about the birds wintering […]
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Join us as we welcome Susan Coterel Goldsberry, an author of children’s books and a member of the Cherokee Nation. Susan has always felt a strong connection to the values of the Native Americans, especially with their kindred spirit of respect for nature. The […]
