Heritage Explorers Fest 2025

Hosted by Heritage Skills USA and The Homestead Homeschool

WHEN REGISTERING FOR CLASSES, ONLY REGISTER PARTICIPATING CHILDREN - parent, stroller riders, and lapsitters welcome but do NOT need to register.

📅 Thursday, October 16

🕙 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

📍 Vinton County Fairgrounds, Hocking Hills

Bring your homeschool family for a full day of hands-on history, nature, wilderness, and herbalism classes, activities, and crafts designed for preschoolers through teens!

This is learning by doing—explore the past, discover new skills, and create lasting memories together in the heart of the Hocking Hills. In addition to hands-on classes, make sure you stop by the informational booths with free activities and the Heritage Makers Market!

🎟️ Admission

• $10 per vehicle advance passes (sold online
• $15 per vehicle at the gate (only if class capacity has not already been reached
• $2 fee to enter a submission in the History Fair for display and judging award. History Diorama (shoebox, Amazon box etc.) on the Wild West, Westward Expansion, or Gold Rush.
• All classes are included in your pass unless they are Make-and-take workshops that require a small materials fee.
• Passes and make and take fees are non-refundable but are transferrable, you may gift or sell your pass and make and take class fee registration to anyone you wish if you cannot attend. No refunds will be given - but you can have your admission pass pro-rated until the following year.
• Bring a picnic lunch or purchase a Pioneer Meal ticket.

📝 Class Registration Opens: August 22

Don’t wait—popular classes fill quickly!

🍂 Come experience the joy of heritage learning, homesteading skills, and family fun at Heritage Explorers Fest—where history, nature, and hands-on learning come alive!