Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Macon

Great place!!!! Ten thousand year of human occupation. Wonderful history and climbing to the top of the mounds gives you a real feeling for the place. Lots of nice trails through the woods to different mounds. Plenty of interpretive panels to help you understand what your seeing. There are two downsides to the park. The first is that the visitor center exhibits and interpretive panels at the mounds are old. Your experience as a park visitor would I think be enhanced by a more modern style of interpretation. Your experience is still good but it could be better with more modern interpretation. The second if that the park is cut through and through by a rail line and an interstate highway. In particular the roar of the highway is constant and seriously distracting. Not much the park service can do about but it's still distracting and harms your experience of the park that should be somewhat introspective.

Loved our visit! We went for a lantern night tour with period dressed characters. Very informative and interesting. We lucked out and got free telescope views near the parking lot! Which added something extra special to our visit! Would greatly recommend but would caution that it is a nice hike with lots of stairs to the top of the highest mound.