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World Renowned Sacred Spaces - A Place for Reflection in the Past and Today. Nearly 2000 years ago, American Indians built dozens of monumental mounds and earthen enclosures in southern Ohio.
This park in south-central Ohio contains remarkable groups of large geometric earthworks as well as exquisite artifacts crafted by those of the Hopewell culture. There is a sense of mystery surrounding the culture.
Are you ready to step back in time over 2,000 years ago to experience a prehistoric culture that created enormous earthen monuments and crafted intricate artwork out of exotic natural materials that paid homage to their own?
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is located in south-central Ohio, in the town of Chillicothe, about one hour south of Columbus, Ohio. The park's 2023 visitation numbers totaled over 62,000 people. Peak visitation for the park is usually between the months of March and October.
The term Hopewell describes a broad network of economic, political, and spiritual beliefs and practices among different Native American groups. The culture is characterized by the construction of enclosures made of earthen walls, often built in geometric patterns and mounds of various shapes.
The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are Ohio’s first World Heritage Site and the 25th World Heritage Listing in the United States. The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks include eight locations in Ohio that are managed by the National Park Service and Ohio History Connection.
Over a span of about five centuries (200 BC - 300 AD), the people of the Hopewell culture thrived in the now-Ohio Valley as they traded goods, traveled the continent to gather goods and constructed mounds and works of earth to honor their own and to establish places for gathering.
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park preserves the earthworks and mounds of the American Indians of the Hopewell Culture, a people who flourished between 2,200 and 1,500 years ago.
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park protects the remains of a dynamic social and ceremonial phenomenon that once flourished in the woodlands of eastern North America. Long before the first Europeans ever set foot on the continent, American Indians were constructing earthen mounds and embankments that enclosed hundreds of acres of land ...
Hopewell Mound Group is one earthwork site that is part of the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park and is located at 4731 Sulphur Lick Road, Chillicothe, OH 45601. Park grounds are open every day during daylight hours.