Ocmulgee NHP

17,000 Years of Continuous Human Habitation

Welcome to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. This park is a prehistoric American Indian site.  American Indians first came here during the Paleo-Indian period hunting Ice Age mammals. Many different American Indian cultures occupied this land for thousands of years.  Around 900 CE, the Mississippian Period began. They constructed mounds for their elite, which remain today.

8 Nov 2013
Made a return trip here with the wife and dogs and got to take in the whole park this time. A great small park that has allot to take in. There are several other NP's that have these and we are looking forward to visiting them someday.

26 Jan 2013
On the ride down from North Georgia I made a stop to check out the mounds. You can not tour the park while towing a trailer - there's a really small tunnel to drive though right after the VC - so parked at the VC and took in the site's at the VC and then took a walk down to the Earth lodge and Cornfield mound. There is more to see so this will be another return to park.

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Our 83rd NPS Unit

 

Looking out towards the Great temple Mound