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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution3d
This could be America’s next national park
After receiving a spot on Time Magazine’s ‘World’s Greatest Places of 2025’ list, Macon’s Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is in the limelight. A new bill proposes to expand the park’s ...
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Stone Mountain Park voted Georgia's most popular park, survey finds
The most popular park in the country was Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - National Park Week kicks off this Saturday, and a new survey says that one Georgia ...
The Telegraph1mon
Georgia legislators make 2nd effort to turn Ocmulgee Mounds into a national park, preserve
The entrance to the Earth Lodge sits along the paved path at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Macon, Georgia. After a failed effort in 2024, Georgia ...
The Telegraph2mon
Congress didn’t pass effort to make Ocmulgee Mounds GA’s first national park. What now?
The bill that would make the Ocmulgee Mounds in Macon Georgia’s first national park faced delays at the end of 2024, but initiative leaders remain hopeful. Margaret Walker The bill to make the ...
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Effort to make Ocmulgee Mounds Georgia’s First National Park and Preserve reintroduced in Congress
ATLANTA — Federal lawmakers from Georgia reintroduced efforts to have the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park be the state’s first National Park and Preserve in U.S. Congress. Sens.