Route · Ohio, USA

Hopewell Route through Ohio

Ohio's Hopewell earthworks, from Newark's Octagon south to the mounds along the Scioto River.

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7 stops

The route

7 stops, 1 reached

  1. Newark Earthworks 40.0° N, 82.4° W

Outlines: Natural Earth

  1. Newark EarthworksReached July 2026
  2. Mound City GroupAhead

    Chillicothe, the park's only staffed visitor center

  3. Hopeton EarthworksAhead

    Across the Scioto River from Mound City

  4. Hopewell Mound GroupAhead

    The type site, with the obsidian cache of Mound 25

  5. Seip EarthworksAhead

    Bainbridge, on US-50

  6. Fort AncientAhead

    Warren County, open Wednesday to Sunday

  7. High Bank WorksAhead

    Closed to the public; ranger events only