Mounds State Park is a state park near Anderson, Madison County, Indiana featuring Native American heritage, and ten ceremonial mounds built by the prehistoric Adena culture indigenous peoples of eastern North America, and also used centuries later by Hopewell culture inhabitants. It is separate from the similarly named Mounds State Recreation Area. The park receives about 400,000 visitors annually.
Mounds State Park entrance sign.
Circular mound at Mounds State Park, Anderson
The Great Mound
Ditch surrounding the Great Mound.
Anderson is a city in Madison County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Madison County. The population was 54,788 at the 2020 census. It is named after Chief William Anderson. The city is the headquarters of the Church of God and its Anderson University. Highlights of the city include the historic Paramount Theatre and the Gruenewald House.
Image: Downtown Anderson, Indiana
Image: Paramount Theatre in Anderson, Indiana, from the north (2021)
Image: Madison County Courthouse in Anderson
Image: Hospital Anderson Indiana