Inhabited by indigenous people for 12,000 years, the Ocmulgee National Historical Park (in Macon, Ga.) is home to the only known spiral mound in the United States and a restored Earth Lodge, where ...

The entrance to the Earth Lodge sits along the paved path at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Macon, Georgia. After a failed effort in 2024, Georgia ...

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park in Macon was named one Time magazine’s World’s ... a restored Earth Lodge where tribal meetings occurred and a labyrinth of walking trails,” TIME ...

Plan Your Visit. If you haven’t experienced Ocmulgee yet, now’s the time. Just a short drive from Downtown Macon, you can stand inside a 1,000-year-old earth lodge, hike through wildflower ...

The grass-covered Earth Lodge Photography by Mac Stone Nevertheless, the Muscogee Creeks were moved west to areas around the Chattahoochee River; Macon was founded in 1823 on land they left behind.

The new park would be centered around the culturally rich Ocmulgee Mounds in Macon. ... At its heart is the Earth Lodge, which was reconstructed in part in the 1930s.

Go inside the Earth Lodge. The Earth Lodge is a reconstruction of the council chamber that would have been a significant part of Mississippian culture, dating back to around 1015 A.D.

The mounds, including the Earth Lodge, where indigenous people held council meetings for 1,000 years until their forced removal in the 1820s, were initially protected as a national monument by ...

The mounds they built, which are currently a national historic site that includes a distinctive spiral mound, a restored Earth Lodge where tribal meetings occurred, and a labyrinth of walking ...

When she walked through the Earth Lodge, she inhaled and smelled a familiar smell – the plant they still use to make medicines. She stood atop Great Temple Mound. It’s 55 feet tall, the ...

The Earth Lodge, dated to 1015 AD, was built by the Mississippian culture and later restored from archaeological evidence and is part of Ocmulgee National Monument. Ocmulgee National Monument ...

Pictured: Tracie Revis, left, a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation, and Seth Clark, mayor pro-tem of Macon, stand near the Earth Lodge on Aug. 22, 2022, in Macon, Ga. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson, File) ...