Great Hopewell Road

Summary

The Great Hopewell Road is hypothesized to have connected two Hopewell culture earthwork monuments located in Newark and Chillicothe, a distance of 60 miles (97 km) through the heart of Ohio, United States. The Newark complex was built 2,000 to 1,800 years ago and forms the northern terminus of the road. The southern terminus has not been definitively determined but is currently hypothesized to be one of the earthworks near Chillicothe, potentially the High Bank Works. There is precedent for such sacred roads at other complexes in North and South America.