The Great Serpent Mound is a 1,348-foot-long, three-foot-high prehistoric effigy mound on a plateau of the Serpent Mound crater along Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County, Ohio.
Researchers have at different times attributed construction of the mound to two different prehistoric indigenous cultures. Originally thought to be Adena in origin, scholars now believe the mound was built by members of the Fort Ancient culture around 1070 CE. More recent research places the mound’s construction at around 300 BCE, once again suggesting Adena construction. Serpent Mound is the largest serpent effigy in the world.
There’s a great little museum about the Indigenous culture and Mound artifacts and history.
View from observation tower of the serpent coils:
There’s a lovely little woods path near the river and then we found the end of the serpent’s tail:
There are several burial mounds nearby:
There are Homeschool Days throughout the year.
Visit the Serpent Mound.
Hours
Serpent Mound is open daily, year round, from 9:00 am to dusk.
Winter Warning: Park roads are not plowed. During snowy or icy conditions, the park is open to pedestrian traffic only and parking fee is waived.
Museum Hours
Jan-Feb: Closed
March: Open weekends only 10am-4pm
April: Open daily 10am-4pm
May-Oct: Mon-Thurs 10am-4pm; Fri-Sat 9am-6pm Sun 9am-5pm
Nov- the weekend before Christmas: Open weekends only 10-4pm
Parking Fees
$8/Vehicle
$4/Motorcycle
$15 Annual Parking Pass
Fees waived for Arc of Appalachia Members & Ohio History Connection Members
Leave a Reply