Mole National Park sits in the Savannah Region of northern Ghana, and the settlement roughly 25 kilometres west of it is **Larabanga** — the historic Gonja/Mole-Dagbani town famous above all for its ancient mud-and-stick mosque. Mole is Ghana's largest and most important national park, covering about 4,840 square kilometres of guinea savannah woodland, and it was gazetted as a national park in 1971 (having been a game reserve from 1958). Its headquarters and main visitor camp are at **Mole Motel** near the town of **Damongo**, the capital of the Savannah Region. So if you are standing at the park's western edge, you are in the country around Larabanga, which is the gateway village most visitors pass through on the road in from Damongo and Tamale. **Larabanga** is the standout landmark west of the park. Its **Larabanga Mosque**, built in the Sudanese mud-and-pole architectural style, is one of the oldest mosques in Ghana — traditionally dated to the 15th century (some accounts say 1421) and often called the "Mecca of West Africa." It is a national monument and a UNESCO-listed heritage structure, restored several times with international support. The town is also home to the **Larabanga Mystery Stone**, a sacred rock near the mosque that local tradition holds cannot be moved. Wildlife-wise, Mole is Ghana's premier safari destination: elephants (the park's signature), buffalo, roan and kob antelope, warthogs, baboons, monkeys, and over 300 bird species. The dry season (roughly November to April) is best for game viewing around the watering holes, especially the famous **Elephant Hide** and the motel's waterhole. If you meant a different specific town or landmark at that 25 km bearing, tell me the name and I'll pin it down precisely — but Larabanga is almost certainly what you're pointing at. As the Akan say, *"Se wo were fi na wosan kofa a, yenkyi"* — go back and take it, there's no shame in returning to the source.