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Seip Earthworks Ranger Guided Tour
Upcoming dates and locations for ranger guided tours. All tours will begin at 10 a.m.
Sunday, June 22, Hopeton Earthworks
Sunday, July 13, Hopewell Mound Group
Sunday, August 3, Seip Earthworks
Bus trip to Great Council State Park and Ft. Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve
🚌 Explore Native American Heritage – Bus Trip on August 20! 🌿
Join us for a fascinating day exploring Ohio's Native American history! We'll visit Great Council State Park and Ft. Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve, with lunch included.
📍 Departs 8:30 a.m. from Ohio University Chillicothe
🕓 Returns by 4:30 p.m.
💲 $30 (HCNHP members) | $40 (non-members)
🥪 Includes boxed lunch & bottled water
Spots are limited to the first 50 participants—secure yours now!
📧 To register, email: friendsofhcnhp@gmail.com
📬 Send payment to: Friends of HCNHP, 328 Piatt Ave, Chillicothe, OH 45601
Let’s journey into Ohio’s rich cultural history together!
Dragonfly Mercury Project
Dragonfly Mercury Project - Need Volunteers at Mound City
Join us Friday, July 25, 9:30 am to noon to learn about and help collect dragonfly nymphs!
Volunteers must:
Register – please call 740-774-1126
13 years or older
Be aware, the sampling site has rough terrain and swift currents and is off the normal trail
Hopewell Mound Group Ranger Guided Tour
Upcoming dates and locations for ranger guided tours. All tours will begin at 10 a.m.
Sunday, June 22, Hopeton Earthworks
Sunday, July 13, Hopewell Mound Group
Sunday, August 3, Seip Earthworks
Hopeton Earthworks Ranger Guided Tour
Upcoming dates and locations for ranger guided tours. All tours will begin at 10 a.m.
Sunday, June 22, Hopeton Earthworks
Sunday, July 13, Hopewell Mound Group
Sunday, August 3, Seip Earthworks
Major Standstill and Southern Moonrise Observation
Join Friends of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park for an extraordinary celestial event at Hopeton Earthworks on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Experience the awe-inspiring Major Standstill and Southern Moonrise Observation—a rare phenomenon not to be missed! Space is limited to 50 spots! Please arrive by 7:45 PM. Reserve your place for this amazing event before May 31st by emailing friendsofhcnhp@gmail.com. Download the event flyer by clicking here.
Mound City Daily Tour
Daily tours at Mound City will take place at 10 A.M. from May 24th to August 3rd. The visitor center will be open from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Come immerse yourself in the rich past of this incredible site!
Mound City Daily Tour
Daily tours at Mound City will take place at 10 A.M. from May 24th to August 3rd. The visitor center will be open from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Come immerse yourself in the rich past of this incredible site!
Mound City Daily Tour
Daily tours at Mound City will take place at 10 A.M. from May 24th to August 3rd. The visitor center will be open from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Come immerse yourself in the rich past of this incredible site!
NPS Trivia Night at Tipplers
Mark your calendars for an evening of fun and knowledge! The NPS Trivia Night at Tipplers, 71 N. Paint Street, Chillicothe, Ohio is happening on May 17th at 6:30 P.M. Get ready to test your national park expertise while enjoying great company and fine wine. Whether you're a seasoned park enthusiast or just looking for a lively night out, this event promises engaging trivia, friendly competition, and perhaps even a few surprises.
Art in the Park student art exhibit "River Connections"
Open to the public each day at the Mound City Group Visitor Center Auditorium during daily hours.
World Heritage Week - 10am tour at Mound City Group
WORLD HERITAGE WEEK - April 12-18
April 12 - Ft. Ancient
April 13 - Great Circle at Newark
April 14 - Hopeton Earthworks, 10am tour
April 15 - Hopewell Mound Group, 10am tour
April 16 - Seip Earthworks, 10am tour
April 17 - Mound City Group, 10am tour
April 18 - Octagon at Newark, Spring Open House
World Heritage Week - 10am tour at Seip Earthworks
WORLD HERITAGE WEEK - April 12-18
April 12 - Ft. Ancient
April 13 - Great Circle at Newark
April 14 - Hopeton Earthworks, 10am tour
April 15 - Hopewell Mound Group, 10am tour
April 16 - Seip Earthworks, 10am tour
April 17 - Mound City Group, 10am tour
April 18 - Octagon at Newark, Spring Open House
World Heritage Week - 10am tour at Hopewell Mound Group
WORLD HERITAGE WEEK - April 12-18
April 12 - Ft. Ancient
April 13 - Great Circle at Newark
April 14 - Hopeton Earthworks, 10am tour
April 15 - Hopewell Mound Group, 10am tour
April 16 - Seip Earthworks, 10am tour
April 17 - Mound City Group, 10am tour
April 18 - Octagon at Newark, Spring Open House
World Heritage Week - 10am tour at Hopeton Earthworks
WORLD HERITAGE WEEK - April 12-18
April 12 - Ft. Ancient
April 13 - Great Circle at Newark
April 14 - Hopeton Earthworks, 10am tour
April 15 - Hopewell Mound Group, 10am tour
April 16 - Seip Earthworks, 10am tour
April 17 - Mound City Group, 10am tour
April 18 - Octagon at Newark, Spring Open House
Puppet Rangers: A Story of Shells and Stones
Puppet Rangers: A Story of Shells and Stones
Rangers and their adorable puppet friends – Hope the Raccoon and Will the Turkey - will be performing an exciting, engaging, and educational play that will take kids from Ohio to the far edges of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere. Along the way we will stop to imagine and interact with the awesome materials Native Americans used 2,000 years ago to craft their ceremonial objects.
Admission to the park and each activity is free!
All ages are welcome!
Each event takes place at the Mound City Visitor Center at 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601
Junior Ranger activities are free and offered at the Visitor Center every day – come earn a badge!
Learn more: Puppet Rangers: A Story of Shells and Stones
Brad Lepper of Ohio History Connection presents The Burning Tree Mastodon and Ohio's Ice Age - Ohio University Chillicothe Auditorium, Bennett Hall
The 1989 discovery of this giant, ancient elephant-like creature opened an unprecedented window onto Ohio’s Ice Age. Archaeologists, biologists, and geologists studied the mastodon’s nearly complete remains (including its last meal) and other Ice Age animals and plants. This presentation will describe their findings and address the question of whether ancient human hunters or environmental changes drove mastodons into extinction.
Hosted by the Friends of Hopewell Culture Historical Park and Ohio University Chillicothe.
"Nothing About Us, Without Us" - Logan York and Dr. Kevin C. Nolan
"Nothing About Us, Without Us"
Mound City Group Visitor Center Auditorium
6:00 – Exhibit open and presenter setup
6:30 – Logan York (Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma) and Dr. Kevin C. Nolan (Director, Applied Anthropology Laboratories)
Learn about the planning process and Tribal collaboration for the St. Clair's Defeat Revisited exhibit.
Reading Ranger Series: When We Gather
Rangers will be leading guided readings and activities for the book When We Gather during the brand-new Reading Ranger series! Come learn about a modern-day Native American treat enjoyed by many people across North America. We will discover its roots, how to make it yourself at home (there are so many ways!) and how this food that is savored today compares to what Native Americans in Ohio 2,000 years ago were eating!
Admission to the park and each activity is free!
All ages are welcome!
Each event takes place at the Mound City Visitor Center at 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601
Junior Ranger activities are free and offered at the Visitor Center every day – come earn a badge!
Learn more: Reading Ranger Series: When We Gather
Reading Ranger Series: When We Gather
Rangers will be leading guided readings and activities for the book When We Gather during the brand-new Reading Ranger series! Come learn about a modern-day Native American treat enjoyed by many people across North America. We will discover its roots, how to make it yourself at home (there are so many ways!) and how this food that is savored today compares to what Native Americans in Ohio 2,000 years ago were eating!
Admission to the park and each activity is free!
All ages are welcome!
Each event takes place at the Mound City Visitor Center at 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601
Junior Ranger activities are free and offered at the Visitor Center every day – come earn a badge!
Learn more: Reading Ranger Series: When We Gather
Reading Ranger Series: When We Gather
Rangers will be leading guided readings and activities for the book When We Gather during the brand-new Reading Ranger series! Come learn about a modern-day Native American treat enjoyed by many people across North America. We will discover its roots, how to make it yourself at home (there are so many ways!) and how this food that is savored today compares to what Native Americans in Ohio 2,000 years ago were eating!
Admission to the park and each activity is free!
All ages are welcome!
Each event takes place at the Mound City Visitor Center at 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601
Junior Ranger activities are free and offered at the Visitor Center every day – come earn a badge!
Learn more: Reading Ranger Series: When We Gather
Puppet Rangers: A Story of Shells and Stone
Rangers and their adorable puppet friends – Hope the Raccoon and Will the Turkey - will be performing an exciting, engaging, and educational play that will take kids from Ohio to the far edges of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere. Along the way we will stop to imagine and interact with the awesome materials Native Americans used 2,000 years ago to craft their ceremonial objects.
Admission to the park and each activity is free!
All ages are welcome!
Each event takes place at the Mound City Visitor Center at 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601
Junior Ranger activities are free and offered at the Visitor Center every day – come earn a badge!
Learn more: Puppet Rangers: A Story of Shells and Stone
Reading Ranger Series: Fry Bread
Rangers will be leading guided readings and activities for the book Fry Bread during the brand-new Reading Ranger series! Come learn about a modern-day Native American treat enjoyed by many people across North America. We will discover its roots, how to make it yourself at home (there are so many ways!) and how this food that is savored today compares to what Native Americans in Ohio 2,000 years ago were eating!
Admission to the park and each activity is free!
All ages are welcome!
Each event takes place at the Mound City Visitor Center at 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601
Junior Ranger activities are free and offered at the Visitor Center every day – come earn a badge!
Learn more: Reading Ranger Series: Fry Bread
Reading Ranger Series: Fry Bread
Rangers will be leading guided readings and activities for the book Fry Bread during the brand-new Reading Ranger series! Come learn about a modern-day Native American treat enjoyed by many people across North America. We will discover its roots, how to make it yourself at home (there are so many ways!) and how this food that is savored today compares to what Native Americans in Ohio 2,000 years ago were eating!
Admission to the park and each activity is free!
All ages are welcome!
Each event takes place at the Mound City Visitor Center at 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601
Junior Ranger activities are free and offered at the Visitor Center every day – come earn a badge!
Learn more: Reading Ranger Series: Fry Bread
Reading Ranger Series: Fry Bread
Rangers will be leading guided readings and activities for the book Fry Bread during the brand-new Reading Ranger series! Come learn about a modern-day Native American treat enjoyed by many people across North America. We will discover its roots, how to make it yourself at home (there are so many ways!) and how this food that is savored today compares to what Native Americans in Ohio 2,000 years ago were eating!
Admission to the park and each activity is free!
All ages are welcome!
Each event takes place at the Mound City Visitor Center at 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601
Junior Ranger activities are free and offered at the Visitor Center every day – come earn a badge!
Learn more: Reading Ranger Series: Fry Bread
Puppet Rangers, Mound City Visitor Center
Rangers and their adorable puppet friends – Hope the Raccoon and Will the Turkey - will be performing an exciting, engaging, and educational play that will take kids from Ohio to the far edges of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere. Along the way we will stop to imagine and interact with the awesome materials Native Americans used 2,000 years ago to craft their ceremonial objects.
Admission to the park and each activity is free!
All ages are welcome!
Each event takes place at the Mound City Visitor Center at 16062 OH-104, Chillicothe, Ohio, 45601
Junior Ranger activities are free and offered at the Visitor Center every day – come earn a badge!
Learn more: Puppet Rangers: A Story of Shells and Stones
Reading Ranger Series, Mound City Visitor Center
For Kids and Kids at Heart
Looking for some community and excitement this January? Come to the Mound City Visitor Center for fun that the whole family can enjoy!
Fry Bread
Rangers will be leading guided readings and activities for the book Fry Bread during the brand-new Reading Ranger series! Come learn about a modern-day Native American treat enjoyed by many people across North America. We will discover its roots, how to make it yourself at home (there are so many ways!) and how this food that is savored today compares to what Native Americans in Ohio 2,000 years ago were eating!
Reading Ranger Series, Mound City Visitor Center
For Kids and Kids at Heart
Looking for some community and excitement this January? Come to the Mound City Visitor Center for fun that the whole family can enjoy!
Fry Bread
Rangers will be leading guided readings and activities for the book Fry Bread during the brand-new Reading Ranger series! Come learn about a modern-day Native American treat enjoyed by many people across North America. We will discover its roots, how to make it yourself at home (there are so many ways!) and how this food that is savored today compares to what Native Americans in Ohio 2,000 years ago were eating!
Reading Ranger Series, Mound City Visitor Center
For Kids and Kids at Heart
Looking for some community and excitement this January? Come to the Mound City Visitor Center for fun that the whole family can enjoy!
Fry Bread
Rangers will be leading guided readings and activities for the book Fry Bread during the brand-new Reading Ranger series! Come learn about a modern-day Native American treat enjoyed by many people across North America. We will discover its roots, how to make it yourself at home (there are so many ways!) and how this food that is savored today compares to what Native Americans in Ohio 2,000 years ago were eating!
St.Clair's Defeat Revisited: A New View of the Conflict
Mark your calendars! A new exhibit will be open from November 20, 2024, to April 13, 2025, at the Mound City Group Visitor Center Auditorium, located at 16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601. The exhibit will be available for viewing every day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This temporary exhibit introduces you to the complex history of St. Clair’s Defeat, on November 4, 1791, and its context and aftermath with respect to the nine Tribal Nations who orchestrated this great defeat of the U.S. Military. This exhibit was co-created with 11 Tribal Humanities Scholars.
The exhibit’s four themes, design, 15-minute video, and immersive qualities contextualize the:
1) Background of the Northwest Indian War in what is now Ohio and Indiana;
2) St. Clair’s Defeat and Native crescent strategy;
3) Aftermath including broken treaties, removal, and boarding schools; and
4) Persistence of Tribes today.
Visit the “St. Clair’s Defeat Revisited” exhibit website at http://bit.ly/StClairsDefeatRevisited
Dineh'Tah Navajo dancers and Ohio history related presentation on General William T. Sherman
Join us Thursday, Nov 7, from 1–3:30 p.m. at the Bennett Hall Auditorium, OU Chillicothe campus, for an event featuring the Dineh'Tah Navajo dancers. The program will include a lecture followed by a dance exhibition. You're encouraged to attend both parts, but feel free to join for either one.
The Dineh’Tah Dancers, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, will perform traditional dances of the Dineh people. These dances have been modified to respect the actual songs and dances used in sacred religious ceremonies. A representative from the Dineh’Tah group will begin the performance with an Ohio history related presentation on General William T. Sherman and his role in peace treaties through the Indian Peace Commission of 1867-1868.
Sponsored by Ohio University Chillicothe's Cultural Committee, the Ohio University Chillicothe Giving Circle, and the Religious Tolerance Collection at Ohio University Chillicothe in memory of Stanley Planton. Learn more
Talon Silverhorn presentation
Save the date!
Special presentation by Talon Silverhorn, Cultural Programs Manager at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and a Citizen of The Eastern Shawnee Tribe.
Join us November 6th at 6:00 pm at the auditorium in Bennett Hall at Ohio University Chillicothe for an hour long conversation on Shawnee history, culture, and connection to ancestral landscapes. Discover how the end of the last glacial maximum shaped life in the Pleistocene, leading tribal nations in the Great Lakes region to adapt to a warmer, greener world. Delve into how fundamental beliefs and social practices connected to natural cycles have guided the Shawnee's environmental strategies, rooted in over 15,000 years of lived experience. This program highlights the intricate link between cultural fluidity, conservancy, and the necessity of adapting to the environment. Learn more