Serpent Mound

Ohio · United States of America

Serpent Mound, United States of America
Photo: The British Library, No restrictions via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring and fall
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

This ancient effigy earthwork winds for over a quarter mile across a ridge in southern Ohio, shaped like a serpent with a coiled tail. Its precise builders and purpose remain subjects of ongoing archaeological study.

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