Shell Mound Campground
cThe Dyrt PRO User
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2021

Beautiful Place, historic interest

When we were there the weather was perfect. The spaces aren’t huge but they feel private enough. We had airboaters on either side of us and those things are LOUD but it was only when they were leaving or returning. I’m sure if there were a bunch of them it would be annoying if you like quiet. People were friendly mostly, and apparently come back year after year, often with friends. The restrooms were a little smelly- moldy, probably just old. But everything was clean and in good repair. One of the staff talked to us for quite a while about the park and about RVcamping in general. She was very helpful. Black vultures hang out waiting for fishermen to share their fish guts. They’re pretty interesting! The shell mound was the trip highlight for us. We went back several times, walked through the beautiful park and enjoyed the peace and quiet of the marshes. It’s amazing to think of how long it had to take to build up a mound 20’ tall and a quarter to a half mile long- in a horseshoe shape, aligned with the solstices; and then the people abandoned it 1600 years ago but the reasons aren’t fully understood.

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  • Review photo of Shell Mound Campground by christine , December 27, 2021
  • Review photo of Shell Mound Campground by christine , December 27, 2021
  • Review photo of Shell Mound Campground by christine , December 27, 2021