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The managing agency publishes official acreage."},"firstProtected":null,"established":null,"administrations":[],"designationHistory":[],"summary":"Nearly 2000 years ago, Native Americans built dozens of monumental mounds and earthen enclosures in southern Ohio. These earthwork complexes were ceremonial landscapes used for feasts, funerals, rituals, and rites of passage associated with a Native American religious movement that swept over half the continent for almost 400 years. 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All park grounds officially close at sunset and re-open at sunrise.","standardHours":{"wednesday":"Sunrise to Sunset","monday":"Sunrise to Sunset","thursday":"Sunrise to Sunset","sunday":"Sunrise to Sunset","tuesday":"Sunrise to Sunset","friday":"Sunrise to Sunset","saturday":"Sunrise to Sunset"},"exceptions":[]}],"directions":"Take U.S. 23. Exit U.S. 23 at State Route 207 and turn right. Continue on S.R. 207 for 2 miles until it merges with S.R. 104 (Make no turns, continue straight on road as it turns into S.R. 104). Follow S.R. 104, turn left into park (approximately 1.8 miles past the S.R. 104 & S.R. 207 intersection), follow entrance road to visitor center.","weatherInfo":"The park lies in a humid continental zone with a generally temperate climate. Winters are mildly cold with average temperatures around 30 degrees (F). Summers are hot and humid with an average temperature around 75 degrees (F). Average annual total rainfall is just under 38\". Snowfall in the winter is generally light with an average total snowfall of less than 24\".","contacts":{"phone":"7407741125","email":"hocu_info@nps.gov"},"visitorCenters":[{"name":"Mound City Group Visitor Center","description":"The only visitor center among all open sites of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is at Mound City Group. Except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, the visitor center maintains regular Hours of Operation on a daily basis. Mound City Group visitor center is located on the north side of Chillicothe, on State Route 104, just north of the intersection with U.S. 35.","url":"https://www.nps.gov/places/mcg.htm","lat":39.3759933216,"lon":-83.0065438716}],"campgrounds":[],"thingsToDo":[],"nearby":[{"slug":"charles-young-buffalo-soldiers-national-monument","km":82},{"slug":"wayne-national-forest","km":84},{"slug":"dayton-aviation-heritage-national-historical-park","km":102},{"slug":"william-howard-taft-national-historic-site","km":125},{"slug":"ohio-river-islands-national-wildlife-refuge","km":126},{"slug":"big-oaks-national-wildlife-refuge","km":206}],"hasBoundary":true,"boundarySource":{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division","url":"https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2224545"},"sources":[{"name":"NPS Data API","url":"https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1/parks?parkCode=hocu"},{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division boundaries","url":"https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/NPS_Land_Resources_Division_Boundary_and_Tract_Data_Service/FeatureServer/2"}],"editorialStatus":"draft","synced":"2026-11-09T02:12:45.614Z","alerts":[{"source":"NWS","kind":"Frost Advisory","severity":"Minor","title":"Frost Advisory issued November 8 at 9:57AM EST until November 9 at 9:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH","text":"* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 will result in frost formation.\n\n* WHERE...Portions of southeast Indiana, northeast and northern\nKentucky, and central, south central, and southwest Ohio.\n\n* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM EST Monday.\n\n* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive\noutdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.","instruction":"Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.","url":"https://alerts.weather.gov/search?id=urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.ed520427cb729ab01beb33b2ad72f3d50f89c64b.001.1","starts":"2026-11-09T01:00:00-05:00","ends":"2026-11-09T09:00:00-05:00","id":"nws-urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ed520427cb729ab01beb33b2ad72f3d50f89c64b.001.1"}],"url":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/sites/hopewell-culture-national-historical-park/","boundaryUrl":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/boundaries/hopewell-culture-national-historical-park.geojson"}