Walk With Me at Shell Mound Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
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.
Nice trip to nature. It always recharges the battery nature.
It really does, thanks for coming by.🐓
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I just came back from my beach walk, but it's much cooler here in New England. We've had nice warm rain and now today patches of sea water are frozen, just to remind us here it is still Winter ;) Such a lovely walk, thank you.
You’re most welcome. Hope it thaws soon for you.🐓
Wow! I feel like I could gladly get lost there! Really beautiful.
Five acres! That's amazing. Love this slice of pre-history, one of the more fascinating things about Florida. I seem to remember the indigenous people there were really tall...?
Great photos! Thanks for sharing your outing, Ellie Mae. How special to walk through a national park and see almost nobody.
And by any chance is that THE van?
Love 😊😘
Yes! We rocked out taking Vanessa to shell mound. She can’t wait to take another trip. She is the Cadillac of rides. Lol. Glad you got the business resolved with your card. Only 3 hours! Much love from the Florida discoverers. Ellie mae🐓🐓
I can see how happy Vanessa looks 😜. Looking forward to her next ride! 😘😘
Great little walk! Looks like an amazing spot an so quite. Bet you felt great after that, I sure did after just the photos. As always thanks for sharing, Monkey boy 💯🐒
Hi my friend the Monkey boy. You looking for a new place to hang? The trees are great here on the coast and you can see for miles and miles. Glad you could swing by for a look. 🐓🐓
Sounds ideal. Always looking for new swinging and near the ocean perfect 💯🐒
A beautiful tranquil walk. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for coming along😉🐓
It looks so warm and summery! Aaaahh.....
It has been warm this week, got up to 81. I like it to go a bit slower with the weather change, ease into spring not just jump right in.🐓
What a beautiful, and informative walk @mother2chicks! The colour of that lake is such a pretty blue, and the plants are so lush, so huge!
That is the coolest thing ever! You went prehistoric on us! I love love love this!!
Thank you for having a looksie. It’s pretty interesting seeing shells piled layer upon layer for centuries, knowing others came before and then faded into obscurity. 🐓