The Newark Earthworks include the best-preserved examples of the huge, geometrically-precise landscape figures created by the Hopewell culture around the time of the Roman Empire. The Great Circle with its grand gateway and Eagle Mound is preserved, accompanied by a museum and visitors center. The Octagon Earthworks are occupied today by a golf course, but are visitable, and may be the most astonishing of all of Ancient Ohio’s surviving works.

For driving directions, detailed site descriptions and walking tours, and things to see and do nearby, consult the NEWARK ITINERARY. Select adjacent itinerary segments, including Granville and Flint Ridge, using the ROUTES map.

You can preview and download our media files about the Newark Earthworks to your portable player or media device by clicking the corresponding locations on this map. Enjoy these media segments during your self-guided tour, in order to connect our digital restorations and interpretive materials with their corresponding locations on the site.

Further information on what to see and do in the vicinity is available from the Greater Licking County Convention and Visitors Bureau: http://www.lccvb.com.

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The Serpent Mound the best preserved example of an indigenous effigy figure in North America, perhaps in the world. The beautifully undulating creature has inspired many forms of respect and admiration, as is evident every June 21 when crowds gather to witness the summer solstice sunset over its enigmatic, oval, cliff-top “eye”.

For driving directions, detailed site descriptions and walking tours, and things to see and do nearby, consult the SERPENT MOUND ITINERARY. Select adjacent itinerary segments using the ROUTES map.

You can preview and download our media files about Serpent Mound to your portable player or media device by clicking the corresponding locations on this map. Enjoy these media segments during your self-guided tour, in order to connect our digital restorations and interpretive materials with their corresponding locations on the site.

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The restored Mound City is a Hopewell-era necropolis combining a cluster of funerary mounds with a huge, geometrical, enclosing figure. It is also home to the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. A museum displays examples of the spectacular artistry of the earthwork builders.

For driving directions, detailed site descriptions and walking tours, and things to see and do nearby, consult the CHILLICOTHE ITINERARY. Select adjacent itinerary segments, including Fort Hill and the Paint Creek Valley, using the ROUTES map.

You can preview and download our media files about Mound City to your portable player or media device by clicking the corresponding locations on this map. Enjoy these media segments during your self-guided tour, in order to connect our digital restorations and interpretive materials with their corresponding locations on the site.

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The Fort Ancient enclosure is the best-preserved and most intricate example of the walled hilltops created by the Hopewell culture nearly 2,000 years ago. There are three monumental gateways and miles of walls of various designs, traversing ravines and dense forests. A museum and visitors center presents the stories of the Ancient Ohio’s cultures.

For driving directions, detailed site descriptions and walking tours, and things to see and do nearby, consult the FORT ANCIENT ITINERARY. Select adjacent itinerary segments, including Lebanon, Pollock, and Dayton, using the ROUTES map.

You can preview and download our media files about Fort Ancient to your portable player or media device by clicking the corresponding locations on this map. Enjoy these media segments during your self-guided tour, in order to connect our digital restorations and interpretive materials with their corresponding locations on the site.

Please download the ITINERARY file.