Festival activities
Join us, June 19-21, 2026, as we celebrate the first few days of summer among the foothills of the Appalachia mountains.
Our annual festival highlights the area’s history, heritage, ecology, as well as the multitude of aspects associated with the Serpent Mound Park. The Great Serpent Mound effigy, built by the Ancient Indigenous Peoples, incorporates alignments to the rising and setting of the sun and moon on the solstices and equinoxes. The summer solstice sunset alignment is through the open jaws and across the oval.
There are many theories, stories, ancient knowledge, and unknowns with Serpent Mound. The Friends of Serpent Mound started this festival as a way for the public to share and learn about the many facets of Serpent Mound. Our presenters vary from locals, historians, Indigenous Americans, Scientists, Spiritualist, Musicians, and more. Learn about Serpent Mound and the surrounding area’s history, uniqueness, wildlife, and ecology, along with some fun family friendly summer activities!
We look for Vendors that also tie into these aspects, so that it gives the public a fuller experience. Below are vendors either who attended the previous year or who plan to attend this year.
This year’s Festival theme is “Appalachian Food & Culture”
The Great Serpent Mound Chapter of ASD
Serpent Mound Books and Press
Scioto Valley Bird and Nature Club
A Brush With Rusty
Almost Heaven Smokehouse (food)
Ancient Ways Learning
Bad Hound Forge
Badwulf Productions LLC
Barbara Stevens
Belladessa’s Traditional Remedies
Bo Ho Coffee (food)
Buckeye Trails
Butch’s Keystone Kountry
Clarke-May Museum
Deo Abellera
Eagles Hearth Sacraments
Etched in Stone: Stories of Appalachia Podcast – Peebles Monument Company
2026 Vendors
It grows weekly!
Fletcher Walking Sticks
Forage Gardens
Friends of Serpent Mound
Gary & Debbi Miner
Giah Den
The Grimerica show
Gypsy Ladies (food)
Half-Axed Spoons and Wooden Wares
Harmonic Circuit
Heartwise Ventures LLC,
dba Thinking in Clay
Hill’s Lemonade & More (food)
Holistic Rebel
Jille’s Jewels
JXS Creations
Labyrinth Path
Mayan Moon Goddess, LLC
McQueen’s Charming Art
MoonDoggie LIVERee
Mystic Sister Studio
Nathan Noble
New Leaf Yoga
Oak & Willow Healing
Ohio Atlatl Ass.
Okandada Drum
Red Handed Trader
Rolling Hills Wireworking & Wares Studio, LLC / Rolling Hills Tropicals
Sarrie Popcorn Co
Serpent Mound Books & Press
Tantraria Crystal Alchemy
Traveling Pine
June 19-21, 2026
Festival Hours
Friday
3 pm – 7 pm
Saturday
10 am – 7 pm
Sunday
10 am – 7 pm
Festival Parking
Anyone planning to spend the day with us, should enter the festival from Horner Chapel Rd and park in the field. Anyone parked at Serpent Mound may visit us via the Buckeye Trail, but you will have to pay a parking fee. Look for our sign behind the large conical mound and follow the Buckeye Trails’ Blue Blazes to our other signs.
Join us any or every day of the festival, for FREE.
No registration required to attend.
Sorry, there is no public camping.
Visit Adams County Travel & Visitors Bureau,
Visitor’s Bureau of Highland County,
or Visit Pike County, Ohio
Where is the festival?
Soaring Eagle Retreat is east of Serpent Mound and the Ohio History Connection has asked that all of our participants come in from the Horner Chapel entrance and park in our field. One can assess Serpent Mound park via the Buckeye Trail during Park hours.
375 Horner Chapel Rd., Peebles, OH 45660
1-937-205-0094