Story Mound State Memorial
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Story Mound State Memorial is a historic site in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 200 m. Horseback Knob stands 403 m to the southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Yoctangee Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Welsh Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
Story Mound, of interest primarily to archaeologists, consists of a large, rounded earthen mound located on slightly less than an acre of ground in Chillicothe. This prehistoric burial mound stands 19.5 feet high, with a basal diameter of 95 feet.
The story
Story Mound State Memorial is a Native American burial mound located in a residential area of Chillicothe, Ohio. The mound is conical with a diameter of 95 feet (29 m) and a height of 19.5 feet (5.9 m). It was built by the Adena culture, a mound-building group that lived in Ohio between approximately 800 B.C. and 100 A.D. The interior of the mound featured a circular wooden building, as was typical of Adena ceremonial mounds; as of the mound's excavation in 1897, the only remains of this building were bark fragments and a circular pattern of post holes. The excavation, conducted by archaeologist Clarence Loverberry, also unearthed a skeleton surrounded by jewelry, beads, and projectile points. The mound was donated to the state of Ohio in 1950, and it is managed as a state memorial by the Ohio History Connection. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973.
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Wikidata Q18617458, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 200 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 40.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Logan: 2.9 mi
- Mount Ives: 3.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.6 mi
- Rock Garden Hill: 3.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.7 mi
- Yoctangee Park: 0.8 mi
- Adena State Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Southern Playground: 1.3 mi
- Poland Park: 1.5 mi
- Mead Park: 1.9 mi
- Buzzard's Roost Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Pleasant Valley State Wildlife Area: 4.1 mi
- Ross Lake State Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
- Spruce Hill: 8.2 mi
- Cossin-Kreisel Preserve: 11.1 mi
- The Grove: 1.1 mi
- Adena Mansion & Gardens Historic Site: 1.2 mi
- Natural Bathtub: 3.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre: 5.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Prospecting Company: 5.4 mi
- Ross County Museum: 1.2 mi
- Mighty Children's Museum: 1.2 mi
- Lucy Webb Hayes Heritage Center: 1.2 mi
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center: 2.3 mi
- Environmental Learning Center: 4.0 mi
- Alum Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 11.6 mi
- Sugar Point: 12.0 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 17.0 mi
- Parish Rocks: 24.2 mi
- Dard Hunter: 0.8 mi
- Homestead Ruins: 3.5 mi
- Pickaway County Veterans Memorial: 18.5 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 20.6 mi
- A W Marion Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Rock House Falls: 23.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 23.9 mi
- Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 24.0 mi
- Whispering Cave: 24.5 mi
- Ash Cave: 24.6 mi
- Carlisle Hill Star: 0.8 mi
- Pumpkin Show Mural: 18.2 mi
- Third Tier: 1.1 mi
- Ornimental Garden: 1.2 mi
- Knockemstiff: 8.2 mi
- Richland: 24.0 mi
- South Ridge: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Story Mound State Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseback Knob | SW 214° | 403 m | 8.7 mi |
| Chestnut Oak Knob | SSW 212° | 402 m | 10.4 mi |
| Long | SSW 196° | 397 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sand Hill | NE 52° | 395 m | 4.9 mi |
| Ball Knob | SSW 207° | 394 m | 9.4 mi |
| Nevins Hill | WSW 255° | 393 m | 18.1 mi |
| Davis Knob | SSW 211° | 392 m | 9.7 mi |
| McMechen Hill | SW 234° | 392 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:23 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:30 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chillicothe Mound City, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1436568447
Day trips start here
- Chillicothe · 1 mi
- Southeast Ohio · 28 mi
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