Tag: Ocmulgee Mounds

Once FIFA World Cup 2026™ fans have seen Atlanta, an easy road trip beyond the capital will reveal a whole different side of Georgia. From the folklore and forests of its mountains to the rich heritage of its coastal cities and islands, you’ll find spectacular scenery and surprises within just a few hours’ drive.

Tracie Revis is working to reconnect the Muscogee Creek Nation with the sacred Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park while leading efforts to expand the site into a national park that preserves both its cultural heritage and natural landscape.

Visit where Flannery O’Connor spent time writing at Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, an important site of folk art that's on the National Register of Historic Places, Pasaquan, and Ocmulgee Mounds, a National Historic Park.

There are 63 national parks in the United States. If all goes as planned, the 64th will be Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve in central Georgia. While all new national parks make headlines, this one is bound to attract extra attention. It will be the first national park comanaged by a forcibly removed Native American tribe that lived on the land long ago but has not ever returned.