Ocmulgee National Monument

It finally clicked for me that the Mississippian people had been here long before any of the more popular Native American nations, such as the Cherokee, Lakota, etc. In my mind, the history of the...

Fun hiking here to explore the Mounds! They have a nice visitor center and the trails were clean and well kept. The park is surrounded by residential and commercial areas though, so its not the...

We got here with about an hour left before closing and the park rangers were very helpful in guiding us on how much we could complete before closing. I originally wanted to do the river loop, but...

Love the history of this place. Great place to hike and explore the mounds. It's very quiet and peaceful here.

I could see where the cynic might say "it's just a pile of dirt, what's the big deal". However, the visceral experience of these scant remnants of precolumbian culture is striking. There is a...