A New National Park May Be Coming to Georgia

June 29, 2026

In the middle of Georgia lies a 3,300-acre piece of land that has been home to human settlement for over 12,000 years. Before colonization, four prehistoric cultures lived in today’s Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park.

With so much important history, it’s no surprise that FDR named the site a national monument in 1936. And now a local congressman is attempting to turn it into a national park.

This area, not far from Macon, Ga., was home to peoples even before the Ice Age. Multiple cultures, including the Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian Indians, lived here. From 1300 to 1650, the Lamar Culture built the site’s namesake mounds as temples. The area was also the homeland of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation before the U.S. government expelled them beginning in the 1820s. GEARJUNKIE