The best part of our adventure to the Hopewell Mound Group... is that we got a great walk through the woods and pastures and some good exercise. The mounds themselves, not so impressive anymore.
The Hopewell Mound Group is the “type site” and namesake for the culture that built it. According the the National Park Service, some of the original mounds were “estimated to be 500 feet long, 180 feet wide, and 30 feet tall.” Today, they are barely visible. Check out the pictures, you’ll see what I mean.
Believe it or not, an alleged “archaeologist” from the Ohio Historical Society, “scraped” the main mounds to the ground during an excavation. They were never rebuilt to their original condition.
Ironically, signs all around the park say, “do not climb on the earthworks.” Ummm... to climb on them, you’d have to be able to SEE them.
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