Grave Creek Mound: 70-ft Adena pyramid; Miamisburg and Enon mounds also stand

October 24, 2026

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Source: Adena Pyramids in Ohio by Archaeologist Ed Barnhart

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Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville, WV: just under 70 ft tall, 295 ft across, ~60,000 tons of earth. Early settlers saw an earthen pyramid — Lewis and Clark detoured to admire it, and by the 1850s a saloon stood on top. Miamisburg Mound, OH: 65 ft. Enon Mound, OH: 40 ft. 🏺

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Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville, West Virginia stands just under 70 ft tall and 295 ft in diameter, roughly 60,000 tons of earth
Early settlers recognized Grave Creek as an earthen pyramid, and the Lewis and Clark expedition diverted its course to admire it
In the 1850s a local businessman built a saloon on top of Grave Creek Mound
Miamisburg Mound in Miamisburg, Ohio stands 65 ft tall in a park at 900 Mound Avenue and has a modern staircase built into it
Enon Mound in Ohio stands 40 ft tall in a traffic circle on Mound Circle Drive, across from the Indian Mound Library
Some sources measure the Great Mound in Madison Township, Ohio at 43 ft, and a dozen other Adena mounds reach nearly that height

Sources

Grave Creek Moundwvencyclopedia.org

The mound currently is 62 feet high and 240 feet in diameter at the base … measuring 910 feet long, 40 feet wide, and four to five feet deep.

Grave Creek Mounden.wikipedia.org

now standing 62 feet (19 m) high and 240 feet (73 m) in diameter. it about 250–150 BC. In 1838, road engineers measured its height at 69 feet (21 m) and its ...

Grave Creek Mound · The Moundbuilders' Artopenvirtualworlds.org

69 ft tall and 900 ft in circumference, is the tallest conical mound in North America. The mound has a long, entwined history with European settlers. In 1770, ...

Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complexwvculture.org

The Adena people constructed circular wooden structures ranging from 15 to 45 feet in diameter that may have been used for both domestic and ceremonial purposes ...

The Grave Creek Moundpbslearningmedia.org

Examine the history of the Grave Creek Mound with a team of archaeologists as they use traditional and modern technology to discover its ...

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