Indian Shell Mound Park

Very interesting. Glad I stopped. It's free. It's hot. Bring water. Later September is a good time to go. There are no restrooms.

It was a cool little path to walk around, I think it'd be really cool to have some informational markers around the path to help kids read/understand more as to what the history is. We REALLY enjoyed seeing all the different plants/insects.

Nice little trail with benches. I do think it would be nice to have more markers or signs explaining what the history is about for children walking along the path. :)

Beautiful little area though not a lot to see. The signs help to explain it. It's August, so beware of the mosquitoes. We got back in there and looked down to see hubby's legs covered with them Luckily, I remembered to put bug spray on but I still got a couple of bites.

Beautiful bit of history, nature, bird watching, small flowers and some big live oaks. Small park with trails that go throughout the park. Not a big park. We walked through it in about 30min. We stopped to watch a squirrel eating his lunch and to take some pics of the wildflowers that were in bloom. Free to visit. Parking is limited. Nice stop before we headed out.

Easy dirt/shell trail around ancient indigenous Indian “shell mounds” that once served as a popular seasonal settlement for the native peoples many 1000s of years ago. Now a protected cultural and nature preserve with natural forest area that serves as a stopping area for 1000s of migratory birds. A great little spot for birders. The trail around and through the shell mounds can be muddy especially in the inner lower “bowl” area. You have to imaging the ancient shell mounds all around the rim of the bowl as the forest is now overgrown with little or no maintenance except for the actual main trail. There is a small natural estuary stream that goes to a small pond where there the trail becomes a wooden board walk. Look for whistling ducks in the trees nearby. We saw summer tanagers, kentucky and hooded warblers, red - eyed , white - eyed, yellow throated, and bells vireos. Lots of benches to sit to watch birds or simply to rest and contemplate. No facilities. No picnic area.

Wish this park was more than it is, it seems like it has such potential! Series of unmarked/unmapped walking trails frok a trailhead with a few interpretive signs. Within the park are mounds and ridges created by Native Americans dumping massive amounts of oyster shells through feasting in the Mississippian period, approximately AD 1100-1500. Nothing is marked within the park, though, and you have to just kind of figure it out. Still a nice stroll, though; no danger of getting lost, and not particularly tough terrain.

This is is lovely park. It is free to park here. They have such nice trails for hiking and just walking. They have pretty trees and flowers. There are lots of lovely birds and butterflies and turtles in pond area. Lots of people were taking pictures of so many of God's lovely creatures here.

If you are looking for a peaceful area to just sit and enjoy nature, this is the place for you. I could take it or leave it. This is another area for you to walk around through the trees. There are places to sit and trails that have shells on them.

This park features mounds composed of shucked oysters from indigenous tribes. These tribes roasted and discarded the oysters in which they acquired from the water near the island. Do not expect to walk into the park and see a section where mounds of oyster shells are located. You are literally walking on the mounds throughout the trail. You will see the shells on the ground as you go. The sign that we read does not specify exactly what the mounds are, so we were confused at first when we stopped here. My sister stayed in the car with the kids as I walked to look for the mounds. She looked up what the mounds were while I came upon the realization that I was actually walking on them halfway through the trail. It was a little disappointing as that was not what we were expecting, but the vegetation was nice. I can definitely see why this spot would be great for bird watchers. I do wish the park was more maintained as I saw trash along the trails like cans and the wooden benches were not clean. Also, the sign really does need to be more informative on what the park actually is and features. The parking was nonexistent. We were lucky enough to get the small gravel area in front of the entrance, but everyone else would have to park on the road. It's a really nice place to just walk around, look at the different species of plants/birds, and due to the historical context of the mounds you walk on. It's cool to think back to how everything was before and what the indigenous folk were thinking about/doing.