Serpent Mound
The Great Serpent Mound is a 1,348-feet-long, four-feet-high prehistoric effigy mound located in Peebles, Ohio. It was built on what is known as the Serpent Mound crater plateau, running along the Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County, Ohio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 755 feet
- Description: prehistoric effigy mound in Ohio, United States
- Also known as: “Great Serpent Mound”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Louden and Elmville.
Louden
Hamlet
Louden is an unincorporated community in Bratton Township, Adams County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Its elevation is 784 feet above sea level. Serpent Mound Historical Site is located just east within sight of Louden on State Route 73, formerly known as the Hillsboro-Portsmouth road.
Elmville
Locality
Elmville is an unincorporated community in Highland County, in the US state of Ohio. Elmville is situated 3 miles north of Serpent Mound.
Marble Furnace
Hamlet
Marble Furnace is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio. Marble Furnace is situated 3½ miles south of Serpent Mound.
Serpent Mound
- Categories: archaeological site, mountain, and landform
- Location: Bratton Township, Adams, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Serpent Mound” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Serpent Mound”
- Chinese: “大蛇丘”
- Dutch: “Serpent Mound”
- Esperanto: “Granda Serpentotumulo”
- French: “tumulus du Grand serpent”
- French: “Tumulus du Grand serpent”
- German: “Great Serpent Mound”
- Hebrew: “תלולית הנחש”
- Hungarian: “Nagy Kígyó-halom”
- Italian: “Great Serpent Mound”
- Italian: “Serpent Mound”
- Japanese: “サーペント・マウンド”
- Korean: “그레이트 서펜트 마운드”
- Korean: “서펀트 마운드”
- Ladin: “Serpent Mound”
- Persian: “سرپنت موند”
- Polish: “Kopiec Węża”
- Portuguese: “Serpent Mound”
- Russian: “Серпент-Маунд”
- Spanish: “Serpent Mound”
- Swedish: “Serpent Mound”
- Ukrainian: “Серпент-Маунд”
- Uzbek: “Ilon tepaligi”
- Venetian: “Great Serpent Mound”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Louisville and Locust Grove.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Serpent Mound State Memorial and Loudon Cemetery.
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