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Great Hopewell Road

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The Great Hopewell Road is hypothesized to have connected two Hopewell culture (100 BCE–500 CE) 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. The first 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the parallel-walled roadway of the Newark Earthworks is known as the Van Voorhis Walls; this confirmed earthwork terminates at Ramp Creek in Heath. South of there, the projected path of the Hopewell Road passes through fields toward Millersport. Evidence from early accounts, aerial photography, satellite imagery, and LiDAR suggest that the Hopewell Road may continue south of Ramp Creek.

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Great Hopewell Road
Irving Wick Drive West,

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N 40.029 ° E -82.45825 °
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Licking County Regional Airport (Treneff Field)

Irving Wick Drive West
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