GPS Coordinates of

Ocmulgee National Monument United States

Central address: 1207 Ocmulgee National Park Rd, Macon, GA 31217, USA

Elevation: 113.124
Time Zone: America/New_York

Latitude: 32° 50' 53.9412'' N
Longitude: 83° 36' 8.0244'' W

Ocmulgee National Monument, United States

The latitude of Ocmulgee National Monument is 32.848317, and the longitude is -83.602229. Ocmulgee National Monument is located in Macon, United States with the gps coordinates of 32° 50' 53.9412'' N and 83° 36' 8.0244'' W. The category of Ocmulgee National Monument are Historic Sites, Monuments & Statues.

Ocmulgee National Monument preserves traces of over ten millennia of Southeastern Native American culture, including major earthworks built before 1000 CE by the South Appalachian Mississippian culture (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture.) These include the Great Temple and other ceremonial mounds, a burial mound, and defensive trenches. They represented highly skilled engineering techniques and soil knowledge, and the organization of many laborers. The site has evidence of "17,000 years of continuous human habitation." The 702-acre (2.84 km2) park is located on the east bank of the Ocmulgee River. Present-day Macon, Georgia developed around the site after the United States built Fort Benjamin Hawkins nearby in 1806.

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Historic Sites, Monuments & Statues