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Emerald Mound Site, Stanton, MS

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Emerald Mound Site

Climb the second-largest Mississippian ceremonial mound in the country, an eight-acre earthwork off the Natchez Trace Parkway northeast of Natchez.

Emerald Mound Road, off Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 10.3, near Stanton, MS · Stanton, MS

About Emerald Mound Site

Emerald Mound, about 10 miles northeast of Natchez, is the second-largest Mississippian period ceremonial mound in the United States after Monks Mound at Cahokia. Built and used between about 1200 and 1730, it covers eight acres, measures 770 by 435 feet at the base and stands 35 feet high, with two smaller mounds on top that raise it to about 60 feet. Ancestors of the Natchez people used it as a ceremonial center. Turn off the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 10.3 and follow Emerald Mound Road for about a mile to a paved lot and accessible exhibit. There is no entrance fee.

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