The park's Visitor Center features a 17-minute film and a museum containing artifacts excavated from Mound City Group. Guided tours and patio talks are available in the summer and by special arrangement. Contact the Visitor Center for more information by phone at 740-774-1126 or by e-mail.
Interpretive Trails
A self-guided interpretive trail of the mounds is located at Mound City Group. Another trail circles the outer perimeter of these earthworks. A trail to the Central Mound at Seip Earthworks is maintained by the Ohio Historical Society. More trails are under construction at Hopewell Mound Group and Seip Earthworks.
Bike Trail
One mile of the Tri-County Triangle Trail runs through the park's Hopewell Mound Group unit. This bike trail connects the towns of Chillicothe and Frankfort via a 14 mile paved section. Parking and restrooms are located adjacent to the trail at the park's facilities on Sulphur Lick Road.
Did You Know?
The term "Hopewell" derives from the farm where excavations of an earthwork site occurred in 1891-1892. The farm was owned by a local gentleman named Mordecai Cloud Hopewell.