Povert Point World Heritage Site

Take part in a ranger-led cooking demonstration Saturday, February 25, at Poverty Point World Heritage Site.

On Saturday, May 21, Poverty Point World Heritage Site is celebrating national Kids to Park Day.

The 1.5-mile hike will take visitors through a portion of the earthworks with a focus on useful native plants. The ranger-led hike will give people the opportunity to learn about plants the Native Americans would have eaten and used thousands of years ago. The hike begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 9 at Poverty Point World Heritage Site in Pioneer, Louisiana.

While Stonehenge and the pyramids were being built, equally impressive structures were being constructed here in northeast Louisiana near the community of…