Mounds State Park

Mounds State Park is a state park near Anderson, 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.

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Type: Park
Description: State park in Indiana, United States
Also known as: “Mounds State Recreation Area”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anderson Municipal Airport and Anderson University.

Anderson Municipal Airport

Aerodrome

Anderson Regional Airport is a public use airport three miles east of Anderson in Madison County, Indiana. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Anderson University

University

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Anderson University is a private Christian university in Anderson, Indiana, United States. It is affiliated with the Church of God. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate majors as well as graduate programs in business, music, and theology. Anderson University is situated 2½ miles northwest of Mounds State Park.

Macholtz Stadium

Pitch

Macholtz Stadium is a 4,300-seat multi-purpose stadium in Anderson, Indiana. The facility opened in 1977, is located on the campus of Anderson University, and is named in honor of Dr. Macholtz Stadium is situated 2½ miles northwest of Mounds State Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chesterfield and Anderson.

Chesterfield

Village

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Chesterfield is a town in the U.S. state of Indiana which lies in Union Township, Madison County, and Salem Township, Delaware County. The population was 2,490 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson metropolitan statistical area. Chesterfield is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mounds State Park.

Anderson

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Anderson is a small city in the Nine-County Region of Indiana, home to a nice downtown and the impressive Paramount Theatre. The city was named after Chief William "Adam" Anderson who was part Delaware Indian, and platted around 1827.

North Anderson

Hamlet

North Anderson is a populated place in Anderson Township in Madison County Indiana… North Anderson is situated 4 miles northwest of Mounds State Park.

Mounds State Park

Categories: Indiana state park and recreation area
Location: Madison, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.09936° or 40° 5′ 58″ north

Longitude

-85.62322° or 85° 37′ 24″ west

Elevation

902 feet (275 metres)

Operator

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Open location code

86GP39XG+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 154075368

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4923846

Wikidata ID

Q1950269

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Mounds State Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Mounds State Park”
Dutch: “Mounds State Park”
French: “parc d’État des Mounds”
French: “Parc d’État des Mounds”
German: “Mounds State Park”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mounds Fen State Nature Preserve and Dalman Mound.

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