Indian Shell Mound Park has abundant giant moss-draped live oaks throughout. The Shell Mounds and Dauphin Island in general are renowned 'hot-spots' for observing neotropical migrant birds, and attract birders from around the U.S. each spring and fall. Dauphin Island is the first point of land encountered by migrants during their spring migration across the Gulf of Mexico. The entire Island is a bird sanctuary.
Indian Shell Mound Park, located on the northern shore of Dauphin Island, is maintained and administered by Alabama Marine Resources Division. This eleven acres of subtropical natural wonder represents a botanical treasure-trove found on no other Gulf barrier island. Several plant species occurring here are representatives of families found as far inland as the Appalachian Mountains and from as far south as Yucatan state, Mexico. Many were probably transported here by Indian groups hundreds of years ago for medicinal and culinary purposes.
Contact Shell Mound Park
Contact Shell Mound Park
830 Desoto Dr
Dauphin Island, AL 36528
Phone: (251) 861-2882
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