Green Mound

One of the largest Pre-Columbian shell midden (waste) mounds in the United States. Once it was 15 m high, now some 12 m high, built approximately in 800 AD.

Crystal River Rock Art

Three large upright boulders with petroglyphs. These carved images resemble humans. Possible time of creation: 100 BC. Nearby are burial mounds, platforms.

Thomas Farm Site

One of the richest finds of Miocene (18 million years ago) land animal fossils in the world. Here have been found remnants of rhinoceroses, three species of horses, camels, dogs, and many other extinct animals, in total – more than 100 species.

Page-Ladson prehistory site

Rich find of prehistoric fossils of animals and artifacts left by people 12,500 – 10,500 BC. Here were found bones of animals living at the time when people were already here – elephants, mastodons, mammoths, horses, ground sloths. Chop marks on bones show that people hunted mastodons and other animals.

Warm Mineral Springs

Enormous spring of warm mineral water with healing properties. This is one of the candidates for the legendary “Fountain of Youth” in Florida. The diameter of this spring is approximately 75 m, depth – 70 m. Discharging 390 l/s and considered to be the largest warm mineral spring in the whole world. In the spring have been found well preserved skeletal remains of humans, mastodon, sabertooth tiger.

Little Salt Spring

Water filled, 61 m deep sinkhole. At the depth of 3 m, the water becomes anoxic. Thanks to this in the sinkhole – spring have been preserved numerous examples of prehistoric fauna and remnants of Palaeo-Indians: hundreds of burials from 4,800 – 3,200 BC.

De Leon Springs

Large sulfur spring, discharging 880 l/s of water. Surroundings inhabited since 8000 BC.

Lake Jackson

Shallow, 12 km long lake with two sinkholes in it. This lake has disappeared underground four times since 1907.

Falling Waters Sink

35 m deep and 6.5 m wide sinkhole. In wet season a stream falls in the sinkhole forming a 22 m high waterfall – the highest in Florida.

Devil’s Den in Florida

A karst window: here through a narrow opening opens a view of a large subterranean river. Here were found remains of animals and traces of prehistoric human activities.