Poverty Point National Monument


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National Parks
Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Poverty Point National Monument:

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National Parks
Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Poverty Point National Monument

Parks Directory of the United States / US National Parks / National MonumentsAddress:c/o Poverty Point State Historic Site
PO Box 276
Epps, LA 71237
Phone:318-926-5492
Fax:318-926-5366
Phone:888-926-5492
Web: www.nps.gov/popo/
Size: 911 acres.
Established: Authorized on October 31, 1988.
Location:In northeastern Louisiana. From I-20, take the Delhi exit and travel north of LA 17, east on LA 134, and north on LA 577.
Facilities:No federal facilities; managed by the State of Louisiana. State park facilities are open to the public.
Special Features:Park commemorates a culture that thrived during the first and second millennia, BC. Today erosion and more than a century of agriculture have reduced what may have been the largest and most intricate geometrical earthwork in North America.
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