Mounds State Park

Mounds State Park
Mounds State Park entrance sign.
Mounds State Park is located in Indiana
Mounds State Park
Site of park in U.S. state of Indiana
LocationAnderson, IndianaMadison County, Indiana USA
RegionMadison County, Indiana
Coordinates40°6′1.39″N 85°37′14.60″W / 40.1003861°N 85.6207222°W / 40.1003861; -85.6207222
History
Founded160 BCE
CulturesAdena culture, Hopewell tradition
Site notes
Architecture
Architectural stylesearthworks
Architectural detailsNumber of monuments: 10
Mounds State Park
Area251.8 acres (101.9 ha)
Visitation394,815 (2018–2019)[2]
NRHP reference No.73000022[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 18, 1973
Responsible body: Indiana Department of Natural Resources

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.[2]

The park is 1 of 14 Indiana State Parks that were in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with the park having 3 minutes and 45 seconds of totality.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "2018 / 2019 Estimated Fiscal Year Visits for Indiana State Parks ~ Alphabetical" (PDF). Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  3. ^ R, Mike (July 14, 2021). "Indiana 2024 Eclipse State Park Resources". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.