Sunday we decided to take a drive in Van-essa to the Shell Mound at the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge. It’s less then 50 miles SW of Gainesville, a nice day trip.
The trail begins on the lower level and rises 28 feet above sea level. Signage entering the park, the amazing thing is there was hardly anybody at the park.
The name “Shell Mound” originates from the mounds of shells piled up by the Indigenous Indians who lived there some 7,000 years ago.
This shell mound is the largest prehistoric shell midden on the Florida Gulf Coast at 5 acres and 28 feet above sea level.
Indigenous people lived and ate shell fish from the Gulf for 6,000 (back to 2500 B.C.) this mound was made from their discarded oyster, clam and whelk shells.
We ran into this young couple, their dog had taken a swim
It was a great day on the trail.
