You know about Stonehenge in the UK, but did you know America’s Stonehenge? Tucked away in the small town of Salem, New Hampshire lies one of America’s greatest mysteries, a Stonehenge in the USA! Excuse me?

 

I can only conclude that it was built by a culture that we have no knowledge of.”

– The late Robert Stone, owner and researcher, America’s Stonehenge

 

Still referred to by locals as ‘Old Mystery Hill,’ America’s Stonehenge preserves a series of stone walls, chambers, and standing stones that have inquired the minds of researchers, archaeologists, and writers for over 70 years.

 

Still today, many questions have gone unanswered. Who built a Stonehenge in the USA? And how and why did they do it? 

 

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Approaching the main site by Christa Thompson

 

What We Know About America’s Stonehenge 

 

At first glance, Stonehenge in the USA is a marvel of mystery and wonder. It seems like the more answers you get, the more questions you have. And of course, it raises the million-dollar question, “is this complete BS or should I start packing my goddess glitter now?”

 

The owners of this Salem attraction boast that it’s a megalithic site dating over 4,000 years old a fun idea but not necessarily a fun fact.

 

In recent years, archaeologists have concluded that the stones were assembled by local farmers in the 18th and 19th centuries. See the “sacrificial stone” which was debunked as coming from an old farm and used to extract lye from wood.

 

Not exactly the otherworld fairies from a mythical island off the Irish coast that I was hoping for. Still, there is a truly fascinating note to share. The main stones are perfectly aligned with astronomical events!

 

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This explains the astrological calendar that the standing stones are aligned with by Christa Thompson

 

Visiting Stonehenge in the USA for a Solar or Lunar Event

 

Among one of the most fascinating facts about this Stonehenge in the US is, if you were to stand at the Summer Solstice stone, you could draw a straight line all the way to Stonehenge in the UK! Right through one of the trilithons to be exact.