An interesting side trip for any one in the Cincinnati , Ohio area, Serpent Mound in nearby northern Adams county makes for an interesting afternoon visit.

Located about a half hour east of the greater Cincinnati area, Serpent Mound is an effigy earthwork of a uncoiling serpent. Measuring over 1,348 feet long from the tip of it's tail to the nose, at one time it was five feet high and 30 feet wide.

Serpent Mound is a spectacular effigy earthwork of a serpent uncoiling along a prominent ridge top in northern Adams County, Ohio. From the tip of its nose to the end of its tail, the effigy is 1,348 feet long. 

Dating from the era of the Fort Ancient people it is carbon dating indicates it  to have been constructed between 1025 and 1215 A.D. Since the head points to the setting sun on the summer solstices and the coils to the summer and winter solstice and also to the yearly equinoxes, it was probably used for ceremonial purposes.

This fact lead to many new age people gathering here for the Harmonic convergence that occurred in August of 1987.

The shrine is located by driving down some quiet 2 lane highways, so traveling to the site is both enjoyable and peaceful with calming scenery along the way.

Serpent Mound

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