Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park

Campground Details

Open: Year Round
Number of Sites: The parks has 23 campsites with paved parking (trailers and motor homes up to 27 feet)

The park nestles in a little valley 2,400 feet above sea level with open meadows and large valley oaks that once provided the native Americans of this area with an ample supply of acorns. The park was created in 1968 and preserves a great outcropping of marbleized limestone with some 1,185 mortar holes -- the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America.

Several times a year ceremonies are held in the hun'ge (roundhouse) by local Native Americans. Indian families gather at the park on the weekend following the fourth Friday in September for the annual acorn gathering season ceremonies. Dancing, hand games, singing and storytelling are traditional at this event. Spectators are welcome, but there is no fixed schedule of events. Native American crafts and foods are available.

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