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May 5, 2025
Very cool if you know history. Beautiful views and grounds. It will be nice when the visitor center remodel is complete.Full review by Leslie A
Nov 12, 2024
Visitor center is closed for renovation. You can walk around the mounds to west of visitor center. Largest mound that can be climbed with steps is northwest of center, across a busy highway, or you c…Full review by mtscribe
Oct 28, 2024
Arrived on Sat. Oct.26th at 5:40 pm which I know is late in the tourist season. But people were there visiting. Outside grounds open till dusk. Museum closed, didn't see outside porta potties to sup…Full review by PAUL M
Yes. There's a few small spaces close to the Visitor Center, but other larger parking areas a little further away from the V.C., near Monk's Mound, and a turn-out near Woodhenge.
Do you have any of the original inhabitants' giant skeletons that were recovered or their copper armor etc. on display? Are they mentioned or discussed in the interpretive center?
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Just saw your question. As the other responders noted, no giant skeletons or copper armor have been found here. The tallest burial was about 6 feet, most were shorter. The only …
Just saw your question. As the other responders noted, no giant skeletons or copper armor have been found here. The tallest burial was about 6 feet, most were shorter. The only copper thus far found has been small ornaments or tools, although a copper workshop area has been identified where they were heating and hammering copper nuggets into ornaments, leaving residue in the soil, but no finished objects.
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