09/16/2026
Scouts from Troop 62 spent the weekend camping at Kolomoki Mounds State Park in Blakely, GA.
Kolomoki Mounds State Park is a historic and scenic site that protects the oldest and largest Woodland Indian settlement in the southeastern United States. The park was originally home to a village built between 350 and 600 BC by Native Americans. Today, 8 Indian Mounds (including a 57 foot tall platform mound and several burial mounds) mark the site where this village once stood. The state park preserves these archeological sites, and is also home to multiple trails, a mini golf course, and two lakes.
Saturday morning, scouts attended a program led by one of the park’s rangers where they learned about the natural environment that makes up this area and the history of the site. Scouts were able to handle and use tools and materials similar to what would have been used in the Kolomoki village and were given a guided tour of a recreation hut similar to what would have been on the site at the time. Afterwards, the bows were able to explore the park in patrols; hiking, playing mini golf, fishing, and swimming at the park’s lake.
The highlight of the weekend was a guided tour of Mound A, the largest archeological site at the park, at sunset. Scouts met with the park’s naturalist who led a hike to the site and discussed a wide variety of native plants and wildlife along the way. At sunset, the troop summited the largest mound, which is thought to be where the village’s chief would love, and learned more about the history of the village and it’s people while taking amazing pictures of the sunset.
