Heritage Explorers Fest 2025
Mega Ohio Homeschool Field Trip!
Hands-On Homeschool Fun!
Heritage Explorers Fest and History Fair
Hosted by Heritage Skills USA and The Homestead Homeschool
Click HERE to buy tickets and get registered for classes!
📅 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!
Click here to download the FREE Heritage Explorers Fest Coloring Book!
🎟️ Admission
- $10 per vehicle advance passes - sold online
- $15 per vehicle at the gate (only if class capacity has not already been reached)
- All classes are included in your pass unless they are Make-and-take workshops that require a small materials fee.
- $2 fee to enter a submission in the History Fair. A diorama ((shoebox, Amazon box etc.) based upon the Wild West, Westward Expansion, or Gold Rush. Include a card with child's name, age, and title of project.
- Bring a picnic lunch or purchase a Pioneer Meal ticket.
📝 Class Registration Open: classes being added now, check back daily! Full schedule will be open for registration on August 22!
Don’t wait—popular classes fill quickly!
🌟 Exclusive Perks for Heritage Skills USA Network Members
- Discounts and freebies on classes
- Unlimited free downloads of the entire Homestead Homeschool Curriculum (current library + all new releases during membership)
- Bonus: homesteading guides, survival handbooks, and cookbooks included
- Just $25 for a full 12 months – and never auto-renews!
🍂 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!
Handicap Accessibility
This is an outdoor survival skills event that also focuses on hands-on homesteading and homeschooling activities. Attendees should be prepared for uneven terrain and off-pavement conditions. Rain before or during the event may make some areas difficult or impossible to traverse by wheelchair.
The road through the main event venue, which features components of a homeschool curriculum, consists of a combination of gravel and dirt that is usually passable by a wheelchair, but weather conditions could alter passability. All barns, buildings, and permanent restrooms are handicap accessible.
There are roughly 5 handicap parking spots located in the heart of the main event venue. These will be available daily on a first come first serve basis. If an attendee alerts event staff at the front gate that all handicap accessible parking spaces are taken, a drop-off to the main event building or as close as possible to an event area will be permitted. Please contact us via email with any specific questions or concerns about handicap accessibility prior to purchasing a non-refundable ticket or during the event in the case of inclement weather that may alter accessibility conditions at this outdoor event.
