Poverty Point World Heritage Site

The park rangers here are extremely knowledgeable and helpful, making the visit even more enjoyable. This is a fascinating and historically rich site with a great little museum on-site. It also features one of the largest Paw Paw fruit groves in the United States. An incredible UNESCO World Heritage Site that’s absolutely worth a visit!

Amazing park guide taught us SO much about this UNESCO World Heritage site. The little museum should not be missed. Excavation was going on, and we got to talk to archeologists about their project and what they had discovered. Nice tram ride around the mounds adds to the experience.

Entire place closes at 5pm. We went hoping we could walk the trails for sunset but we couldn’t. The grounds were beautiful, and the visitors center was very informational.

I thought this was an amazing place to visit and learn about early culture. The tram tour was great, and all the Rangers were very knowledgeable. The climb to the top of Mount A was great.

You all know how much I love National Park Service sites. This place dates back centuries and the museum shows the thousands of relics they've dug up so far. The film was interesting, the two-mile drive was nice, and Ranger Dave was excellent and very knowledgeable!

We really enjoyed the hike and the view from the tallest mound.

Cool spot to spend an hour learning about how people lived in this area 3600 years ago. They offer a hiking tour, driving tour, and guided ranger tour. It's all the same things, just your preference how you want to do it. I chose to drive myself down the asphalt road, stopping at the numbered ground locations and then read about them in the pamphlet they provided in the museum. I was there exactly 1 hour, stopping to read the boards, looked at the displays in the museum, and did the tour. Everyone I talked to was very friendly, and they even have a super limited selection of souvenirs, which I got a magnet. This is a National Monument so they have a passport stamper inside next to the front desk.

My wife and I were so impressed about everything we learned today about Poverty Point Heritage Center that we listened to several podcast on Poverty Point on our two hour ride home back to Alexandria. Our tram tour guide, Dr. John, was so incredibly informative and made our tour come to life with his love of the significance of Poverty Point. Louisiana has a hidden gem that is a shouldn’t miss historical site that is in our own backyard. We look forward to coming back again with our grown sons to visit the site. There really needs to be a Netflix documentary on Poverty Point with Dr. John narrating.