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Emerald Mound
Mile Post 010.3 |
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Emerald Mound
Distance to Nearest Parkway Restroom 5.2 Miles North to Mount Locust 10.7 Miles South to Natchez MS Distance to Nearest Gas Stations 27.6 Miles North to US 61 Then 0.5 Miles North 10.3 Miles South to Library Rd Then 0.7 Mile West |
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Emerald Mound An eight acre ceremonial mound built between 1200 and 1730. It is now a national historic landmark. Located about 10 miles northeast of Natchez, Mississippi, Emerald Mound is the second-largest Mississippian Period ceremonial mound in the United States, surpassed only by Monk’s Mound near Cahokia, Illinois. Built and used between the years 1200 and 1730, this 35-foot-high mound covers eight acres and measures 770 feet by 435 feet at its base. Two secondary mounds sit atop the primary mound, bringing the total height to approximately 60 feet. The larger one at the west end measures 190 feet by 160 feet by 30 feet high. Early records suggest there were six, smaller mounds located along the sides of the primary mound, but visual evidence of these smaller mounds has long since disappeared. The builders of these flat-topped mounds are called Mississippians, named for the concentration of their villages and mounds in the Mississippi River Valley. Imagine groups of people walking with empty baskets, looking for the perfect location to collect soil for building the mounds. Once found, they may have used digging sticks or their own two hands to collect soil, load up their baskets, and walk back to their village. Baskets would have been emptied, soil stomped down, and the process repeated over and over again to create a mound that was 35 feet high. How many people, how many hours, days, or even years of labor were put into creating this mound? (National Park Service) |
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View from the top of the largest secondary mound. The stairs have been removed since this picture was taken. |
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| This view is from the mound itself looking down on the parking lot. |
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Emerald Mound
Mile Post 010.3 |
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