{"id":1000,"date":"2017-09-20T19:31:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T23:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2020-02-27T08:38:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:38:08","slug":"serpent-mound-peebles-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/","title":{"rendered":"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: 'Jack Story';\">Ssssss!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The Serpent\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohiohistory.org\/visit\/museum-and-site-locator\/serpent-mound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mound<\/a> is the world’s oldest surviving example of an ancient animal effigy.\u00a0 This immense earthwork was constructed by early American Indian cultures.\u00a0 The exact builders are unknown. The mound is thought to be a ceremonial site. The serpent motif has a symbolic connection in many cultures. It represents the cycles of birth, death, resurrection and the higher and lower worlds.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A pathway circles the mound, though at ground level it is hard to appreciate the grandness of the work. An observation tower does provide a more birds-eye view of the mound.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1006\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/serpent-mound-jpg-photo-by-curious-craig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Serpent-Mound-e1505781264682.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3971,1884\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 7","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1505738195","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"20","shutter_speed":"0.00042808219178082","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Serpent-Mound.jpg photo by Curious Craig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Serpent-Mound-e1505781264682-300x142.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Serpent-Mound-e1505781264682-1024x486.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1006 size-large\" title=\"Serpent Mound - by Curious Craig\" src=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Serpent-Mound-e1505781264682-1024x486.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio - Serpent Mound\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Serpent-Mound-e1505781264682-1024x486.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Serpent-Mound-e1505781264682-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Serpent-Mound-e1505781264682-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Serpent-Mound-e1505781264682-768x364.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serpent Mound as viewed from the observation tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The flyover<\/h3>\n<p>Seeing the perfect opportunity to amortize my recent drone purchase, I inquire about its use. The staff was most accommodating. A couple of reasonable guidelines are requested and off I go. Excitedly, I put on the propellers and plan the perfect flyover. The flight was to go from the coiled tail to its oval-shaped head. I pull out the controller only to learn that I had left the switch on and it is completely dead. Geez, what a rookie mistake. My delusions as a professional drone pilot take a crushing blow.<\/p>\n<p>I head to the truck to see if I have the cables to recharge the thing. Luckily I do and I commence to sit for 30 minutes to get a good charge.<\/p>\n<p>Nervously, I begin the flight fearful of hitting a tree or generally losing control of the thing. If the drone were to fall, I’d have to just leave it rather than taking the walk of shame over a sacred site, that wouldn’t be cool! Luckily the flight is turbulence free.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Serpent Mound\" width=\"1040\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JP_ULCou4mU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The walk around the ceremonial mound only takes a few minutes. There is a small gift shop and museum that offers a 12-minute video explaining the site and its celestial connections.\u00a0 It amazes me the knowledge these ancient cultures had on the suns movement, solstices and the like. Certainly not to diminish the uniqueness and coolness factor of the site, all told, I spent more time in my truck waiting for the charge than I did exploring the site.<\/p>\n<h3>Power to the Peebles<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/peebles-clock-jpg-photo-by-curious-craig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Peebles-Clock-e1505778310751.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"150,187\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 7","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1505742549","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"20","shutter_speed":"0.00052192066805846","title":"","orientation":"6"}\" data-image-title=\"Peebles-Clock.jpg photo by Curious Craig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Peebles-Clock-e1505778286191-241x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Peebles-Clock-e1505778286191-821x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1005 size-medium alignleft\" title=\"Peebles Clock\" src=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Peebles-Clock-e1505778286191-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio - Peebles-Clock.jpg\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/>I haven’t quite had my sense of adventure fulfilled for the day so I drop into Mel’s Main Street Grill in downtown Peebles.\u00a0 Local eateries usually have some folks around that are sure to point me to a local attraction off the beaten path. After ordering the special: Cubed steak, mac n cheese, green beans, & mashed potatoes, I seek out local experts.<\/p>\n<p>I overhear (okay eavesdropping) 3 seasoned gentleman discussing the virtues of a John Deere 10 speed. It seems that shifting from 2-low to 4-high is optimal.\u00a0 She’s geared from 3-high to 4-low up to 5-high but she ain’t got that 4th low. But shifting through 1-5 individually then back down to 4-low does something. I’m paraphrasing a bit as they were grinding gears faster than I could write or think.\u00a0 This conversation was in process when I walked in and continued until after the food arrived and then on until after I ate it. It was a perplexing topic that they all seemed laser focused on.\u00a0 \u00a0Seeing I wasn’t going to be able to break into that conversation, I ask my young server, Sierra, “Besides the Serpent Mound,\u00a0 what’s something cool to see around here?”\u00a0 Without hesitation, she says “Woodland Altars”.<\/p>\n<p>I inquire “What is there”?\u00a0 The dramatic pause,\u00a0 cocked head, and wrinkled forehead makes me wonder, is that a trick question?\u00a0 Finally she says she doesn’t remember since it’s been a while since she’s been there. But then she recalls “large ant hills”!\u00a0 “How large?” seems like a reasonable question. Again with the confused look and a confession that she only went there for a 6th-grade field trip.\u00a0 \u00a0Not quite a ringing endorsement from Trip Advisor but enough I decide to go check it out. I missed the finale of the riveting John Deere gearing dilemma, as on my way out, I catch the conversation has drifted to air brakes. Dang, if I only had more time.<\/p>\n<h3>To the Altar<\/h3>\n<p>After the 10 minute drive, I pull into the “altars”\u00a0 \u00a0It seems the place is actually an outdoor wedding venue. Unfortunately, I am greeted with a chained gate. Well, darn!, sometimes my spontaneity just doesn’t work out.\u00a0 Chalking this up as one of those times, I plan to leave.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/locked-gate-jpg-photo-by-curious-craig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Locked-Gate-e1505780625101.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4021,2308\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 7","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1505745062","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"20","shutter_speed":"0.00067888662593347","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Locked-Gate.jpg photo by Curious Craig\" data-image-description=\"<p>Woodland Alters<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Locked-Gate-e1505780625101-300x172.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Locked-Gate-e1505780625101-1024x588.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1004 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Locked-Gate-e1505780625101-1024x588.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio - Locked-Gate.jpg\" width=\"840\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Locked-Gate-e1505780625101-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Locked-Gate-e1505780625101-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Locked-Gate-e1505780625101-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Locked-Gate-e1505780625101-768x441.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I do, however, take the opportunity to let <a href=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/murphy-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murphy<\/a> out for a final pee and leg stretching before the ride home.\u00a0 I jump in the truck and begin to loop around the entrance and out the exit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/ant-hills-jpg-photo-by-curious-craig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Ant-Hills.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 7","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1505744977","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"20","shutter_speed":"0.0021097046413502","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Ant-Hills.jpg photo by Curious Craig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Ant-Hills-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Ant-Hills-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1003 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Ant-Hills-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio - Ant-Hills.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Ant-Hills-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Ant-Hills-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Ant-Hills-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ohio\/Ant-Hills-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Oh you didn’t see them either; the mounds lining the road ahead. I’m thinking maybe someone is setting fence posts.\u00a0 I go take a closer look.\u00a0 It’s just piles of fibrous dirt. Thinking I must have been duped, I scrape the top off one of the mounds.\u00a0 1000’s of large brown ants rush to secure the perimeter. I have seen all I need to see. I leave them to their rebuilding efforts in peace. Why they are there and how they have survived since Sierra was here in 6th grade I haven’t a clue.\u00a0 However, I find it fitting to go from an effigy Serpent mound to ant mounds in just a few miles span. My lust for adventure quelled for the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ssssss! The Serpent\u00a0 Mound is the world’s oldest surviving example of an ancient animal effigy.\u00a0 This immense earthwork was constructed by early American Indian cultures.\u00a0 The exact builders are unknown. The mound is thought to be a ceremonial site. The serpent motif has a symbolic connection in many cultures. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,28],"tags":[56,57],"class_list":["post-1000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-side-america","category-supergraphic","tag-ohio","tag-serpent-mound","bwp-masonry-item","bwp-blog-col-1"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH. - Curious Craig<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Serpent Mound is the world's oldest surviving example of an ancient animal effigy.\u00a0 I explore the mound and its celesital connection.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH. - Curious Craig\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Serpent Mound is the world's oldest surviving example of an ancient animal effigy.\u00a0 I explore the mound and its celesital connection.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Curious Craig\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"www.facebook.com\/curiouscraig\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"www.facebook.com\/curiouscraig\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-20T23:31:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-27T13:38:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"371\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Curious Craig\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@2curious_craig\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@2curious_craig\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Curious Craig\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Curious Craig\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/88a48fa7e0679eaeb2c6833e50f17756\"},\"headline\":\"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH.\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-20T23:31:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-27T13:38:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/\"},\"wordCount\":924,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/88a48fa7e0679eaeb2c6833e50f17756\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ohio\",\"Serpent Mound\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Road Side America\",\"SuperGraphic\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/\",\"name\":\"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH. - Curious Craig\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-20T23:31:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-27T13:38:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Serpent Mound is the world's oldest surviving example of an ancient animal effigy.\u00a0 I explore the mound and its celesital connection.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":371},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/\",\"name\":\"Curious Craig\",\"description\":\"Insatiably Curious, Incurably Restless\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/88a48fa7e0679eaeb2c6833e50f17756\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/88a48fa7e0679eaeb2c6833e50f17756\",\"name\":\"Curious Craig\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cropped-curious-craig-icon-e1550421795665.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cropped-curious-craig-icon-e1550421795665.png\",\"width\":82,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Curious Craig\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Craig spent a career in the Information Technology industry before selling his company to pursue full-time RV travel. He has written for various travel-related publications and is an amateur photographer. When not on the road, he helps others fulfill their yearning to travel as a Membership Specialist for Thousand Trails.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\",\"www.facebook.com\/curiouscraig\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/curious.craig\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/CuriousCraig\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCc47Xgcrsc6851mlwoDTLNQ\",\"Craig@curiouscraig.net\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH. - Curious Craig","description":"The Serpent Mound is the world's oldest surviving example of an ancient animal effigy.\u00a0 I explore the mound and its celesital connection.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH. - Curious Craig","og_description":"The Serpent Mound is the world's oldest surviving example of an ancient animal effigy.\u00a0 I explore the mound and its celesital connection.","og_url":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/","og_site_name":"Curious Craig","article_publisher":"www.facebook.com\/curiouscraig","article_author":"www.facebook.com\/curiouscraig","article_published_time":"2017-09-20T23:31:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-02-27T13:38:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":371,"url":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Curious Craig","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@2curious_craig","twitter_site":"@2curious_craig","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Curious Craig","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/"},"author":{"name":"Curious Craig","@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/88a48fa7e0679eaeb2c6833e50f17756"},"headline":"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH.","datePublished":"2017-09-20T23:31:59+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-27T13:38:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/"},"wordCount":924,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/88a48fa7e0679eaeb2c6833e50f17756"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg","keywords":["Ohio","Serpent Mound"],"articleSection":["Road Side America","SuperGraphic"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/","url":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/","name":"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH. - Curious Craig","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg","datePublished":"2017-09-20T23:31:59+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-27T13:38:08+00:00","description":"The Serpent Mound is the world's oldest surviving example of an ancient animal effigy.\u00a0 I explore the mound and its celesital connection.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg","width":600,"height":371},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/serpent-mound-peebles-oh\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Serpent Mound, Peebles, OH."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/","name":"Curious Craig","description":"Insatiably Curious, Incurably Restless","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/88a48fa7e0679eaeb2c6833e50f17756"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/88a48fa7e0679eaeb2c6833e50f17756","name":"Curious Craig","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cropped-curious-craig-icon-e1550421795665.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cropped-curious-craig-icon-e1550421795665.png","width":82,"height":70,"caption":"Curious Craig"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Craig spent a career in the Information Technology industry before selling his company to pursue full-time RV travel. He has written for various travel-related publications and is an amateur photographer. When not on the road, he helps others fulfill their yearning to travel as a Membership Specialist for Thousand Trails.","sameAs":["https:\/\/curiouscraig.net","www.facebook.com\/curiouscraig","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/curious.craig","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/CuriousCraig\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCc47Xgcrsc6851mlwoDTLNQ","Craig@curiouscraig.net"]}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Serpent-Mound.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Xy0z-g8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6290,"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions\/6290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curiouscraig.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}