Located in Chillicothe, Ohio, Junction Earthworks Preserve is 266 acres in size and includes two Hopewell-era Earthwork Complexes: Junction Earthworks and Steel Earthworks. Uniting two Hopewell earthworks in one contiguous preserve is a notable first-ever achievement in the quest to conserve Ohio’s indigenous earthworks.
Although the earthwork features have been nearly leveled by over a century of plowing, the mounds at Junction Earthworks are selectively mowed to make them visible to the eye and are made more meaningful through interpretive signage.
Junction Earthworks Preserve is handsomely back-dropped by blue Appalachian hills and bounded by 1.25 miles of shoreline along Paint Creek, not far from its confluence with the Scioto. Attractions include 100 acres of riparian and hillside forest, a showy 70-acre planted prairie that is in peak bloom in early July, and birdwatching in the preserve’s riparian and river terrace forests.
Through the HEART of Appalachian Ohio Project, Junction Earthworks will see the installation of a viewing tower and the pollinator area enhanced and placed on the Appalachian Ohio Pollinator Trail.
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