Skip to SearchSkip to NavigationSkip to BodySkip to Footer
National Park Service LogoU.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Park Service
National Park Service: U.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park Service Arrowhead
 
 
Find a National Park Near You
Poverty Point National Monument Poverty Point sitemap drawing
view map
text size: largest larger normal
printer friendly

Quicklinks:

Visit massive prehistoric earth works.

Located in northeastern Louisiana, Poverty Point commemorates a culture that thrived during the first and second millennia B.C. This site, which contains some of the largest prehistoric earth works in North America, is managed by the state of Louisiana. These state park facilities are open to the public.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO FEDERAL FACILITIES.
 

Poverty Point State Historic Site

Eight centuries after Egyptian slaves dragged huge stones across the desert to build the Great Pyramids, and before the great Mayan pyramids were constructed the Poverty Point inhabitants set for themselves an enormous task as they built a complex array of earthen mounds and ridges overlooking the Mississippi River flood plain in what is now northeastern Louisiana.


more...
 
 

Write to

Poverty Point State Historic Site
P.O. Box 276
Epps, LA 71237

E-mail Us

Phone

Visitor Information
(888) 926-5492

Visitor Information
(318) 926-5492

Climate

Summers are generally hot and humid with rain. Winters are mild.
Skip to SearchSkip to NavigationSkip to BodySkip to Footer
Salt River Mangroves

Did You Know?
By filtering water that runs off the land and into the bay, the mangrove forests protect coral reefs from sediments that can smother corals and block the sunlight they use to synthesize their food.
Disclaimer Accessibility Privacy Policy FOIA Notices USA.gov

Last Updated: August 26, 2009 at 09:33 MST

CANCEL

You are exiting the National Park Service website

Thank you for visiting our site.

You will now be redirected to:

We hope your visit was informative and enjoyable.