Events

First Friday Tours at the Great Circle with Brad Lepper

Join Senior World Heritage Archaeologist Brad Lepper at the Great Circle of Newark Earthworks on the first Friday of every month for a guided tour! Over the course of an hour, he will lead you to features that define the Great Circle and explain how this amazing site is worthy of UNESCO World Heritage status....

07 Aug

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Great Circle Earthworks

455 Hebron Road, Heath, Ohio 43056

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First Friday Archaeology Tour

Take a walk through the museum and grounds of Fort Ancient with archaeologist Bill Kennedy of the Ohio History Connection. This walking tour gives an overview of pre-contact American Indians in and at Fort Ancient: one of the most outstanding and best-preserved Hopewell earthworks. Please meet in the lobby in front of the museum gift...

07 Aug

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Fort Ancient

6123 State Route 350, Oregonia, OH, USA

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Summer Ranger Guided Tours of Mound City

Mound City Group is the location of the park’s only visitor center and is typically the first stop for visitors. A sacred site built by Native Americans, Mound City is the only Hopewell earthwork to have been restored. Walking among these burial mounds can give the sense of what it must have been like to...

08 Aug

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Mound City

16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601.

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Summer Ranger Guided Tours of Mound City

Mound City Group is the location of the park’s only visitor center and is typically the first stop for visitors. A sacred site built by Native Americans, Mound City is the only Hopewell earthwork to have been restored. Walking among these burial mounds can give the sense of what it must have been like to...

09 Aug

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Mound City

16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601.

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Summer Ranger Guided Tours of Mound City

Mound City Group is the location of the park’s only visitor center and is typically the first stop for visitors. A sacred site built by Native Americans, Mound City is the only Hopewell earthwork to have been restored. Walking among these burial mounds can give the sense of what it must have been like to...

15 Aug

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Mound City

16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601.

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Summer Ranger Guided Tours of Mound City

Mound City Group is the location of the park’s only visitor center and is typically the first stop for visitors. A sacred site built by Native Americans, Mound City is the only Hopewell earthwork to have been restored. Walking among these burial mounds can give the sense of what it must have been like to...

16 Aug

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Mound City

16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601.

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Newark Earthworks Lecture Series

Join us at the Octagon Earthworks Visitor Center on the third Thursday of each month as we welcome experts from multiple fields speaking on topics connected to how we understand and learn about Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks; from archaeological and indigenous perspectives to stories about how Earthworks have been preserved and protected. This program is geared...

20 Aug

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Octagon Earthworks

125 N. 33rd St., Newark, OH 43055

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Third Friday Archaeology Tour

Take a walk through the museum and grounds of Fort Ancient at 1 p.m. on the third Friday of each month with Archaeologist Bill Kennedy of the Ohio History Connection. This walking tour gives an overview of pre-contact American Indians in and at Fort Ancient: one of the most outstanding and best-preserved Hopewell earthworks. Please...

21 Aug

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Fort Ancient

6123 State Route 350, Oregonia, OH, USA

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Third Friday Tours at the Octagon Earthwork with Brad Lepper

Join Senior World Heritage Archaeologist, Brad Lepper, at the Octagon of the Newark Earthworks on the third Friday of every month for a guided tour of this incredible site! Explore the precision and complex geometry of the Octagon that makes clear the ingenuity of Indigenous peoples during the Hopewell Cultural Period. Observe the connection to...

21 Aug

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Octagon Earthworks

125 N. 33rd St., Newark, OH 43055

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Summer Ranger Guided Tours of Mound City

Mound City Group is the location of the park’s only visitor center and is typically the first stop for visitors. A sacred site built by Native Americans, Mound City is the only Hopewell earthwork to have been restored. Walking among these burial mounds can give the sense of what it must have been like to...

22 Aug

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Mound City

16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601.

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Summer Ranger Guided Tours of Mound City

Mound City Group is the location of the park’s only visitor center and is typically the first stop for visitors. A sacred site built by Native Americans, Mound City is the only Hopewell earthwork to have been restored. Walking among these burial mounds can give the sense of what it must have been like to...

23 Aug

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Mound City

16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601.

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Octagon Homeschool Days

Do you have a homeschooler looking for an educational and fun activity related to history? Well, come meet us at the Octagon Visitor Center for a drop-in program on the fourth Friday of each month! July 24: Building the Earthworks Join us at the Octagon Earthworks to discover how the ancient earthworks were built by...

28 Aug

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Octagon Earthworks

125 N. 33rd St., Newark, OH 43055

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