Mounds State Park
State park in Indiana, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mounds State Park is a state park near Anderson, Madison County, Indiana featuring Native American heritage, and ten ceremonial mounds built by the prehistoric Adena culture indigenous peoples of eastern North America, and also used centuries later by Hopewell culture inhabitants. It is separate from (and about 79 miles northwest of) the similarly named Mounds State Recreation Area (near Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana). The park receives about 400,000 visitors annually.[1]
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Location | Anderson, Indiana, Madison County, Indiana, USA |
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Region | Madison County, Indiana |
Coordinates | 40°6′1.39″N 85°37′14.60″W |
History | |
Founded | 160 BCE |
Cultures | Adena culture, Hopewell tradition |
Site notes | |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | earthworks |
Architectural details | Number of monuments: 10 |
Mounds State Park | |
Area | 251.8 acres (101.9 ha) |
Visitation | 394,815 (2018–2019)[1] |
NRHP reference No. | 73000022[2] |
Added to NRHP | January 18, 1973 |
Responsible body: Indiana Department of Natural Resources |
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The park is 1 of 14 Indiana State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with the park having 3 minutes and 45 seconds of totality.[3]