Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site
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Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site is a historic site in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 66 m. King Mountain stands 309 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Creek Indian Mound Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Indian Heritage Trail runs past it. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Town Creek Indian Mound (31 MG 2) is a prehistoric Native American archaeological site located near present-day Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina, in the United States. The site, whose main features are a 15 feet high platform mound with a surrounding village and wooden defensive palisade, was built by the Pee Dee, a South Appalachian Mississippian culture people (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) that developed in the region as early as 980 CE. They thrived in the Pee Dee River region of North and South Carolina during the Pre-Columbian era. The Town Creek site was an important ceremonial site occupied from about 1150—1400 CE. It was abandoned for unknown reasons. It is the only ceremonial mound and village center of the Pee Dee located within North Carolina. The Pee Dee people shared the Mississippian culture that was characterized in part by building large, earthwork mounds for spiritual and political purposes. They participated in a widespread network of trading that stretched from Georgia through South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and the mountain and Piedmont regions of North Carolina. The Town Creek site is not large by Mississippian standards. The earthwork mound was built over the remains of a rectangular-shaped earth lodge. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark on October 15, 1966, and is identified as reference number 66000594. The site is the only national historic landmark in North Carolina to commemorate American Indian culture. It is owned by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and is operated by the Division of State Historic Sites. Today the Pee Dee people are based in South Carolina, where the state has recognized four bands and one group.
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Wikidata Q4452751, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 66 m
- Inscription
- +19104396802
How to reach it
- On the Indian Heritage Trail
- 3.6 mi off the Grassy Island Crossing
- 9.6 mi off the Sandhills Scenic Drive
- 11.1 mi off the Pee Dee Valley Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Jumping Off Rock · 21 mi
- Scenic Lookout · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound: 0.1 mi
- Stanback Park: 4.4 mi
- Stanback Park: 4.5 mi
- Uwharrie Game Land: 4.6 mi
- Uwbarrie Game Land: 4.6 mi
- Piney Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Buck Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Luther Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Shelter Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Morgan Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 6.8 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 7.1 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 7.6 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 8.2 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 8.2 mi
- Town Creek Indian Mound Museum: 0.1 mi
- Mt Gilead Museum Foundation: 4.8 mi
- Ansonville Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Rankin Museum of American Heritage: 12.1 mi
- Morrow Mountain Then and Now Museum: 15.4 mi
- Riverdale and Ingram Plantation: 15.0 mi
- Will Lowder Homesite Monument: 15.8 mi
- Historic Stony Hill Church Site Monument: 15.9 mi
- Ben Lowder Homesite: 16.0 mi
- Joe Moffitt Memorial: 22.5 mi
- Ellerbe Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Randolph County I-73/I-74 Northbound Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Barnes Creek Falls: 20.9 mi
- Campfire Arena: 24.0 mi
- Uwharrie Falls: 18.1 mi
- Kings Mountain Point Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
- Twin Spring: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Mountain | N 357° | 309 m | 23.2 mi |
| Dark Mountain | N 356° | 289 m | 20.1 mi |
| Wysner Mountain | N 2° | 281 m | 21.4 mi |
| Little Long Mountain | N 357° | 279 m | 22.1 mi |
| Flint Hill | N 360° | 277 m | 20.0 mi |
| Morrow Mountain | NW 322° | 276 m | 14.9 mi |
| Jenny Wright Mountain | N 360° | 271 m | 16.3 mi |
| Long Mountain | N 358° | 269 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:01 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:33 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Springs 5 WNW, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357805412
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