Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

National Park Service, Georgia.

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

Nearby Activities

  • Biking
  • Fishing
  • Picnicking
  • Wildlife Viewing

Directions

Drive on I-75 to Macon. Exit I-75 onto I-16 east (exit on left) . Get off I-16 at exit 2 (Coliseum Drive), take a left under the highway and proceed to where Coliseum Dr. ends at Emery Highway. Turn right on Emery Highway and proceed to the third light. Our entrance is on the right side of the road.

Additional Information

  • Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Official Website
  • Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Map

Photo Gallery

  • Great Temple and Lesser Temple MoundThe Great Temple Mound is the largest mound at the park, it stands at 55 feet tall.
  • Earth LodgeThe Earth Lodge was used as a council chamber for the Mississippian Culture (900-1600)
  • Earth Lodge FloorThe earth Lodge floor is original it was carbon dated to 1015.
  • The Funeral MoundThe Funeral Mound was by prehistoric cultures to bury their dead. Today there are still remains instead the mound
  • Clovis PointThis Clovis point is the first spear found east of the Mississippi River. It was carbon dated to 10,000 BC

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