Its just a nice simple state park. Plenty of trails to walk. Some historic buildings and native american sites. A campground. Areas the play, etc. There is also a nature center. We went on an October Tuesday at about 10am and it was not busy. The hikes are nice enough that we try to go at least once a month.

First time we checked mounds state park out. I took my 3 kids and a couple friends children (oldest being 10, youngest being 4) they all loved it! I didnt get to see all the awesomeness this park has to offer (with kids) but from what we did see was beautiful. We just moved to chesterfield so I will be back little by little to see all and hope to one day go in the bronnenberg family home..I love historic homes!

We had our first visit to Mounds State Park today. It was a little busy because they were having a Halloween egg hunt for the kids. The team hiding the eggs did a great job and the continued to hide more eggs throughout the event hours. It looked like the kids had a great time. We enjoyed the fall weather and hiking/walking the trails. It was very beautiful and we will definitely be making the short trip from Indy more often.

Personally one of my top 5 Indiana State Parks. It contains it all; history, elevation changes, a river, and a reasonably sized loop. You can do the largest loop in an hour and a half and two if youre trying to enjoy the views, birds, or deep in conversation.

Lovely park! This park has fairly easy trails to walk along the White River and through woods. You can also view ancient mounds and learn about their history. Beautiful scenery and a great trip for a few hours in nature. If you live in the area, this is definitely a place to visit.

Beautiful scenery and hiking trails! Alot of interesting local history. Site of old amusement park!

Absolutely stunning. As of 10/24/2020 there was a tree partially blocking a staircase on Trail 2, so keep an eye out. Other than that, Id HIGHLY recommend coming here and getting a mug and looking at the wonderful wildlife, and these great turtles

There for a wedding. Nice park from what I saw. Need to update the appliances big time. Self cleaning ovens have better insulation and thermostats over steam clean. Call me I can help.

The park was really clean and well maintained.

Its a peaceful walk. Plenty of shade from very mature trees. Id love to visit more!

Small park but pretty. average maintenance. Campground really close to airport and train tracks

A beautiful park to see in the fall. Trails are easy to moderate. Plenty of room for social distance. Great history here!

Trails werent marked very well. It was nice and peaceful my 11 year old golden could only do the 1 mile and we still had to stop for breaks but luckily there are benches along the way.

Im in the Alexandria Comunity Band and we played a fourth of July concert at woodland shelter. We were assisted on one song by a park ranger playing the cowbell. It was a great place to play and we felt welcomed by the park. Lots of fun and not a bad crowd either.

The trails are really great, shaded and the amount of trees are lovely. Trail markers could be better. Also, its very busy so if youre looking for a more quiet hike...this may not be your first choice. Websites for this parks trails and distance differ from the map provided.

Totally surprised to see the number of people at Mounds Park, some not practicing social distancing, while many others played it safe, with the COVID-19 restrictions lifting a little bit.The trail was great, our dog had a blast and it was his first time going out to a public park.Definitely a spot Ill visit more and recommend others do so also. Trails, fishing, swimming, hiking, camping - Mounds is great.

Gorgeous State Park! Great staff at the gate and campground entrance - very helpful in suggesting a pass that would save us a lot of money! Beautiful and clean!

The park is nice and well-kept. Ive been to Turkey Run and other parks and never had an issue with the maps and trail numbers. However, it was either the map, the heat or something but half the time the numbers didnt match up to what was on the map and there are multiple routes on the map that are all named 3.Also, dont go expecting anything very rugged. Its mostly flat, scenic walking paths.

Beautiful day at Mounds. Lots of sunshine, moderate temperatures. Lots of visitors on this Sunday. The line at the entrance was long. My group had a carry-on at one of the three open shelters.

Beautiful Place, Everyone Should Visit for a Day, Simply Beautiful.

Love this campground! As always a great weekend...the gatekeepers and camp hosts were wonderful neighbors. Always hate to have to leave.

Had a good time today with my family. Enjoyed the bee program and grilling out with my family. We all did some magnet fishing in the river and found a piece of steel and some iron ore!

Beautiful nature walk area. Cool little tidbits of history spread throughout. Definitely worth making it out here and seeing what its all about. Didnt stay in it but there was a nice campground here as well.

Not my favorite of our state parks, but this is still worth visiting. The park is clean, and a beautiful place for a picnic or quick hike. Compared to other state parks, though, it just isn’t quite as exciting. The mounds are really interesting, but not for my kids yet. The old amusement park is interesting, but still not for my kids. My kids mostly enjoy looking for birds here. We’ll keep visiting and taking advantage of the quiet here.

I was excited to see the mounds and walk the trails. Unfortunately, the trail signs dont match up with the map. There was an A trail that didnt exist in the map. Trail 3 meet up with trail 4 and that doesnt ever happen in the map. Trail 2 and trail 3 met up in a different spot than they were supposed to. And God only knows where trail 5 was in all of this. The signage needs a serious update and needs to be increased. There were a lot of unlabeled forks in paths.Was also disappointed in the bird watching area of the nature center. It doesnt seem to have been cared for at all so far this season.

Forget Coronavirus for a while! Enjoy nature walk. Nice trails. Do carry your masks with you though, and wear it when you run across others on the trail - everyone that we ran into provided us that courtesy and respect.

The campground was very nice with decent sized camp sites and very quiet. However the bathrooms need a lot of work. Im usually not one to care about the bathrooms but these were beyond awful. Other than that we enjoyed staying here

We arrived at 7:00am to go hiking. The hiking paths are very nice and clean. Path alongside the river is windy and kept clean. Reason for three stars is so much traffic around 10:00am on a Saturday morning. No access to public bathrooms near the trail. Signage needs to be better displaying areas of the park and trails should be labeled better.

Well manicured trails between the Mounds and the White River. Very accessible for any fitness level

Indiana States are the best! Mounds State Park is no exception. I ty is clean, the employees are helpful, and the little museum is so interesting. It was well worth the visit. I will go there again.

Great State Park experience. Nice visitors center with displays and animals that will satisfy kids and adults alike. Clean bathrooms and a small gift shop. Each employee we encountered was helpful and friendly. There are a variety of shorter trails with a variety of difficulties. A nice shaded playground area is available in the northern section. The south is dominated by the amazing earthworks. The only thing I would suggest is some sort of signs directing you to the various trailheads. Once in the woods, the trails are sort of all jumbled close together, but if you can read a basic map, you wont have any trouble. A lot of the trails close to the mounds were flooded, or had large mud swamps to traverse. Especially in front of the information sign by the Great Mound. It seems like this park doesnt get a lot of state funding for outdoor upkeep, unfortunately, because the trails and fencing all are in need of repair.

Beautiful park. Excellent camp site. Very clean. The employees there were very nice and professional. Even the gentleman mowing was very courteous to campers. The walking trails were great. The park has alot of history that i wasnt aware of. Great place to visit even if your not camping. We will visit again!

Good local state park - plenty of wide trails with gravel for kids and families. Campground is a bit small, but for the overall size of the park theyve made good use of the space.

Great place to go hiking. The trails arent to difficult so any age can do them. The mounds are interesting as well knowing the history behind them.

It packs a lot of history and scenery into a small area (among the smallest state parks Ive ever been to!). I am knocking it a star because its SO crowded. I didnt think that many people lived in Anderson. Do they all go to this park on weekends? And come on people, where are the masks and social distancing!? Still, I cant be hypocritical because just by showing up, I contributed to the aforementioned crowding. Maybe go midweek in the morning, and I bet its great and serene. I like the dramatic elevation differences because it means you can actually get a workout (unlike some completely flat IN trails).

One of my favorite places on the planet. So much so, I made it my front yard !!! We LOVE Mounds! Thank you for keeping it beautiful!

Love mounds. Such a nice state park to go hiking and other things!

Really nice. Hardly any trash

The campgrounds are small but relaxing. However the entrance staff to the park as well as the campground staff are unfriendly and even rude. The DNR guys are on you as soon as you park your camper and try to unload your second vehicle. You can only have 1 car in the campgrounds. You had better understand and memorize the rule book because they are pulling rules out that I have never heard of in my 4 years of RV camping in Indiana. We are trying to get the 33 Indiana State Parks Explorer Program Pins this year. We have 19 so far and this is the first campgrounds that I can promise not to visit again. If it wasnt for the pin I would have left and went to another State Park. Definitely a place to pass on because of staff! I rate the parks a 2 because the campsites are roomy and are paved level.

Great hiking for the dogs with intermediate trails. Great history and beautiful sights!

The mounds and trails were very family friendly for our almost 4 year old

Beautiful trails and free entry this time of year!

Love the beautiful trails and walking along White River.

It has a nice easy trail that goes around the entire park its about 2 1/2 miles so nothing to strenuous but a nice walk for the weekend.

Went with my wife and kids and it was beautiful. The trails were great, easy to get through..even with a stroller. We will definitely be coming back and will be trying out the camp grounds as well.

Love this park! The nature center has so much to see and touch! Do the Mysteries of the Mounds Hike, great!

People are great! The park is small where you camp. People right next to you. Winter time they cut off water. (Understandable) but they still charge like you get it all. 17 dollars a night. But that isnt bad compared to other parks. Place was clean, and I did enjoy myself.

This is a beautiful park! Although Mounds is super close to my home Id never been there before today. I guess I didnt realize what a cool place it is. The trails and facilities are really well kept and they are plenty of sign boards that explain the Mounds and the history of the park. The only down side was the price, which was $7 per car load. Since it was just me and my dog it was a bit steep, but now that I know what a gorgeous place it is Ill see about a yearly pass. My dog and I spent about three and a half hours exploring the woods and theres still a lot more to see! Well absolutely be back soon.

Not crowded. Beautiful color and friendly staff.

This place is very well maintained and all of the people that work there are just the tops and always make every time we go there an excellent day!!! Great place to go to be outside and enjoy nature!!!

This is one of the best hidden treasures in Anderson Indiana. Love playing in the river and hiking

Mounds are out that. Mounds of dirt with grass and tree growing on the mounds. Good place for a picnic.

The park itself was very beautiful and interesting to see the mounds. We stayed in the campground which was pretty as well. The reason for the terrible rating is the risk to personal health. The biggest issue is the amount of raccoons (counted 15) running around, guarding the dumpsters and being a menace at the campsite. You can’t eat outside or leaving any food around, otherwise the raccoons will come right to you to steal the food. The camp host had to push away a unafraid raccoon with a stick since it was taking food from their outside table with them sitting at it. The dumpsters had at least 5-8 raccoons in and around it at all times. Even with the lids closed they still would get in and be trapped waiting for someone to open the lid to run out. We are talking inches between you and several escaping raccoons. This is dangerous under normal circumstances. However it is even more of a concern with COVID-19 since these raccoons are rummaging through potentially infected trash then walking over to my site, my picnic table or anything else laying around. It is unacceptable, it is a health risk and a lawsuit waiting to happen. We will not return.

Very informative, smaller park and easily walked in a day, but lovely views of the river and lots to explore

Ib take my family there often and we love it!

The park is beautiful but the campground is overrun with raccoons, day and night. They are now completely afraid of people and have a limitless food supply at dumpsters. They were all over our campsite and stole food basically from right beside us. They’ve strewn trash all through the woods around the campsites and no one has cleaned it up. It’s a clear and dangerous problem.

What a beautiful fall day to take a hike.

Paths were slightly confusing but natures nature and everything was lovely. Interesting history!

Great woodland hiking trails, but need better markings. There are lots of intersections and its easy to wind up somewhere you didnt want to be!

Smallest state park in Indiana but you would never know it! Lots to do, great trails and the Mounds are interesting!

(I go to state parks to hike so that is the basis of my review.) A small park with easy trails. The entire park can be hiked in half a day. Im glad this area has been preserved, but its not especially interesting to visit. The trails are basically just walking in the woods so go elsewhere if you are looking for real hiking. The best section is along the White River. A good place for people who want to be in nature without having to take a trip to REI to get outfitted. Its nice that the restrooms/nature center is in the middle of the park so you can use the restroom while hiking instead of having to go along the trail, like you do at so many of the Indiana state parks. Note that even though the nature center closes at 4pm, the restrooms remain open when the park is open & can be accessed through the door on the side of the building next to the Coke machine.Signage on the trails is very poor so be sure to take a map and/or use a tracking app.

Nice experience in the Youth Tent area with Boy Scouts. Pit facilities needed cleaning. Very friendly DNR staff.

We love going to Mounds Park and love learning each time were there.

Great weekend camp spot with history!

Nice visitor center. We didnt do much else.

Its a nice state park with moderate trails and camping. Visitor center or nature center and shop. $7 entry fee. It lacks the feeling of being secluded like other larger parks. Trail five runs right along a main road on the east side. Beautiful views of the White River and lovely inner trails. I wouldnt describe any trails as rugged.

Nice park. Trails need to be better labeled and reordered on the map.

Nice park, lots of trails. Dog friendly.

Nice park for walking, you can thank all your fellow campers and hikers for feeding the raccoons and improper trash disposal for creating this problem. city folks are the worst for giving unhealthy food to animals and ducks and geese.

Smaller fun park.. Wildlife and easy trails. Neat history.

Nice walking trails ️

Fun for a hike. Lots of different trails and amenities we didnt get to use but hopefully we will go back soon!

This is a very well kept and beautiful park

Great place to camp. Scenic trails.

Smaller than most other state parks Ive been to but the Mounds are super interesting. Definitely worth seeing.

This place is very well maintained,beautifully groomed trails. And very easy to get to.

Great trails, well kept. Docents explained the history of the mounds..and if COVID ever ends theres a pool they could open up.

A beautiful and historic spot to bring the family for a nice hike or gathering.

Nice park...very big

Clean and very well kept park.

Decent little state park. Easy small trails

Loved camping here. There is an airport right next to it and you can hear the planes but didnt effect our camping experience. Cool trails and the grounds are kept up wonderfully. Short hike to the river. Bathrooms could use some good vacuuming to get rid of cobwebs and spiders and some new shower curtains are needed but over all we are planning to go again. In fact, we will make it a yearly trip if we can. And its in good location to get to the casino. Staff is very friendly and camping spots are quite large. At least ours were. Wonderful place to stay. Dump station is easily accessed when leaving and there are places to fill your fresh water before getting to your spot. Loved our stay!

Enjoyed Mounds State Park very much. The campground was full but very quiet, had a very nice weekend.

Excellent. Cites are large. Great service from all there.

This park is a great place for a field trip. Kelly and Riley, our DNR interpreters, were very knowledgeable and kept the attention of kids of all ages. We took four classes, Pioneer Life, Ecosystems, Archeology, and River Exploration. Located along the White River, they have ancient Adena Hopewell mounds and a nice, clean nature center. It was well worth the drive.

Absolutely beautiful and awesome trails.

Had a great time.Park looked we maintained.

Beautiful easy trails nice nature center

Cold and wet. Lots of trains at night and airplanes practicing in the morning. The native plant show was poorly advertised for Saturday. Not one of our best trips. And why so many folks using camping spaces just to park extra vehicles in the campground. No wonder space is always limited.

Great place to sit and refocus oneself.

Ive been going here since I was a child and 20+ years later Mounds Park has never failed to be beautiful and well maintained. There are great trails perfect for beginners. Even my family members who have had joint and mobility issues over the years can always find a trail or easy access place to enjoy nature. The camping grounds have recently been pretty packed so you might want to plan in advance if you plan on staying overnight.

Great trail system.

Great place to walk. Beautiful.

Great camp sites, super interpretive center, hospitable, knowledgeable staff. Well maintained, incredible history & beautiful property. Great RV rates, too.

This huge park was beautiful. I visited the park for a run. I would love to take advantage of the camping in this raw but well assembled park.

Good trails,not as big as some state parks. Does offer camping

Small but very nice park. Restrooms very clean.

Big mound cool, most mehhh

Clean with nice trails.

Lovely place to walk,camp,and enjoy being outdoors. Due to the virus going around the pool for 2020 is closed.