Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

Ohanapecosh Campground - Site D004

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.

Campers are provided with a picnic table, food storage box, and fire pit.

Great Temple and Lesser Temple Mound

The Great Temple Mound is the largest mound at the park, it stands at 55 feet tall.

Earth Lodge

The Earth Lodge was used as a council chamber for the Mississippian Culture (900-1600)

Earth Lodge Floor

The earth Lodge floor is original it was carbon dated to 1015.

The Funeral Mound

The Funeral Mound was by prehistoric cultures to bury their dead. Today there are still remains instead the mound

Clovis Point

This Clovis point is the first spear found east of the Mississippi River. It was carbon dated to 10,000 BC

Ohanapecosh Campground - Site D004

Ohanapecosh Campground - Site D004 Tent Space

Ohanapecosh Campground - Site D004 Additional Tent Space

Ohanapecosh Campground - Site D004 Parking Area

RecAreaDirections

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.

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Ocmulgee Mounds Visitor Center Facility

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Park grounds and walking trails from 8:00 to 5:00 pm daily. The Visitor Center and Earth Lodge are open from 9:00 am-5:00 pm daily.

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