Pinson Mounds

Climb 72-foot Sauls Mound and walk paved trails among at least 17 earthworks built by Middle Woodland people about 2,000 years ago.

460 Ozier Road, Pinson, TN 38366 · Pinson, TN

About Pinson Mounds

This 1,600-acre state park protects one of the largest Middle Woodland mound complexes in the country, with at least 17 mounds built between about 200 B.C. and A.D. 500. Sauls Mound rises 72 feet and is among the tallest of its era in the United States; you can climb it for a view over the site. Start at the museum, built as a replica of a platform mound, which shows artifacts from the excavations, then follow the paved trails and the boardwalk through a cypress swamp. Stay off the other earthworks.

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