Question: Where in Florida can you find a massive mound of shells 900 feet long, 300 feet wide, and 23 feet above the average high tide?
Answer: Anderson Mound at the Jungle Prada Complex in St. Petersburg
One thousand years ago, the indigenous Tocobaga people carried shells in St. Petersburg and added them to a massive mound. Part of the mound is in the Jungle Prada de Narváez Park, and another part reaches across the property of the Anderson family, purchased in the 1940s by Harold “Happy” Anderson. Grandson David Anderson guides the Jungle Prada Site Tour. His parents, Erik and Doris, created Sacred Lands Preservation and Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the Tocobaga people’s legacy.
