Field Trips to Mound City Group

 

Planning your Field Trip

You can schedule a field trip to Hopewell Culture National Historical Park! A visit to the park is a great way to immerse you students in Native American history from 2,000 years ago. Field trips include a ranger-guided tour of Mound City Group, hands-on activities exploring Hopewell daily life, and atlatl demonstration and practice. All field trip programs are free.

Special Note: We schedule field trips on Tuesdays through Friday's September through November and April through May when staffing is available. Field trips to Mound City Group are limited to 50 students and 5 staff/chaperones in 1 bus and/or 5 cars. You may submit additional requests for different time blocks if needed. Field trips are 2 hours in length and can be scheduled for either 9:30 - 11:30 OR 11:30 - 1:30. You may picnic and/or shop on your own after or before 11:30, depending on your selected time block. Please let us know if you plan to do this so we are sure to have picnic and shopping space for you. Bring you lunches in a box or tub so they can be off-loaded from the bus. Rangers will assist with storing lunches in the visitor center. Students should not carry their lunch bags during their field trip.

HOW TO RESERVE A PROGRAM:
Schools must complete the form below on this website to reserve a field trip at Mound City Group. The system will not send you an acknowledgement of your form submission. Within a week, a ranger will be in contact to get more information and customize your experience. Communication will be handled through email. Check your spam/junk email folder. If you do not receive any communication after one week, please call the park at 740-774-1126 and request to speak to the education team. Scroll to the bottom of this page to complete all sections of the reservation information.

 

A park ranger speaks with kids during an activity on a field trip to Mound City Group.

NPS Photo

Chaperones:

Parking at the Mound City Group visitor center is extremely limited. You can help us with this busy parking lot by limiting the number of chaperones and their cars. Chaperones are not required for your visit at Mound City Group. Please make sure you have the adequate staff you need to make sure all students needs and abilities are met.

Additional Notes:

• Most activities including lunch, take place outdoors. Dress accordingly. No flip flops or sandals. No open toed shoes. Dress in layers.
• There is a lot of walking. The tour length is approximately one mile plus the walking between activities.
• Food is not available for purchase at the Mound City Group Visitor Center. Any adults attending with students must pack their own snacks, lunches and water bottles. A water fountain is available.

 

Rangers in the Classroom

If you are interested in having a ranger visit your students in the classroom, please see the Guest Speaker page.

 

Mound City Group Field Trip Visit Form

 

Please complete the form with as much information as possible. A park ranger will contact you to discuss the details of your class' visit once the form is reviewed.

NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021)
National Park Service

OMB Control No. 1024-0228
Expiration Date 11/30/2025

Learning Accommodations

Does anyone in your group need any accommodations?

Yes No

If yes, describe the accommodation need.

Next Step

School / Organization Contact Information

School / Organization Name (required)

Name of Requester/Contact Person (required)

Title / Position (required)

Contact Email Address (required)

Contact Phone Number (required)
123-456-7890 extension if any

Contact Mailing Address Country

I have a US mailing address

I have a mailing address outside the US

International Mailing Address (required)
Please include building number and street, city, state/province country and Postal Code

Mailing Address (required)

City (required)

State (required)

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ZIP (required)
Five digit ZIP code [99999]

Next Step

Group Details - Park Visit/ Field Trip

Name of Primary Contact Visiting if Different Than Above (optional)

Title / Position of Primary Contact if Different Than Above (optional)

Email Address of Primary Contact if Different Than Above (optional)

Phone Number of Primary Contact if Different Than Above (optional)
Format: 123-456-7890

Program Name or Subject Requested/Self-Guided

Grade Level(s) of Students (required)

Number of Staff / Chaperones (required)

Number of Students (required)

Preferred Date of Visit (required)
format mmddyyyy

My preferred date has been confirmed by the park (required)

Yes No

Preferred Program Start Time (required)

Alternative Date(s) (required)
Enter one or more dates .

Anticipated Arrival Time (required)

Anticipated Departure Time (required)

Mode of Transportation (required)

Disclaimer:

A park representative will follow-up to confirm group details once this request has been received and reviewed.

Submit my Education Reservation Request

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NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021)
National Park Service

OMB Control No. 1024-0228
Expiration Date 11/31/2025

Notices

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: Public Law 114-289 National Park Service Centennial Act and 54 U.S.C. 100701 Protection, interpretation, and research in System.

Purpose: To administer education programs for education audiences including but not limited to school groups, scouting groups, extracurricular groups, and home school groups.

Routine Uses: To effectively manage requests for education received by the NPS, the Education Reservation Request Form is used to collect basic education reservation information to facilitate operational aspects of scheduling groups for park education programs, including in-park education programs, ranger in classroom programs, and/or online distance learning programs.

Disclosure: Voluntary, however, failure to provide the requested information may impede the ability to grant your education reservation request.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

We are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) to provide park managers and educators the information needed to schedule and conduct education program activities. All applicable parts of the form must be completed in order for your request to be considered. You are not required to respond to this or any other Federal agency-sponsored information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned control number 1024-0288.

Estimated Burden Statement

Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Do not send your completed form to this address.