A park that isn't a park, but still counts Poverty Point Louisiana

Park number 168, is Poverty Point, which is next to Epps, Louisiana.  It was a stop on the way from Vicksburg NMP on the way over to Dallas today, February 3, 2012, and visited in the midst of a huge downpour. 

I had previously called the park to see if we could get to it with the motor home, and was told yes we could, but when I looked at the site on Google Earth, I wasn't so sure- so we stopped at MM 157 at a poor excuse for a country truck stop, unhooked, and away i went. 

The park is about 16 miles off I-20, and I took a back route from my intended one, and missed a turn and was in the midst of a 20 mile detour before I realized my mistake, and turned around.  There the park was.

I got there at 2 pm in a driving rainstorm, and was told I was the first visitor of the day. 

The history of this park is that it is actually under the control of the State of Louisiana, and there are no actual Federal facilities here.  It is, however, listed as a park, and counts as a visited park, but the kicker is as far as an "offical" stamp is concerned, you have to write to a Ranger fellow in Atlanta and request the stamp!  They do have a self inked stamp here, which as I said, does count-  so long story short, it is my 168th unit. 

 The attraction here is that this was one of the several "Indian Mound" sites in the southern US, several of which I have also visited. 

 Again, while it is a National Historic Landmark, there is no Federal presence here. 

Here is the stamp I got today.  I also got a nice pin and a hiking staff medallion. 

Here is the Wiki website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_Point

And the NPS one:
http://www.nps.gov/popo/index.htm

As the area had been innudated with 4 plus inches of rain, I opted not to tour the mounds-  so I had to make do with the well done museum and called it a day.