Discovery Trail

Travel through time during this short hike along our interpretive trail

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Discovery Trail

Merritt Island, Florida 32953, United States

Created By: Environmentally Endangered Lands Program

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The interpretive trail is a paved ADA accessible trail that travels through time to explore the natural history of Pine Island. Your tour will start at the Sams Family Pioneer Homestead. You will then go back in time to when there were giant animals roaming Florida. Then travel forward to meet the first people that lived in Florida. Your hike ends at the Native American burial mound that has been onsite for over 4,000 years.


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The interpretive trail is a paved ADA accessible trail that travels through time to explore the natural history of Pine Island. Your tour will start at the Sams Family Pioneer Homestead. You will then go back in time to when there were gia... Read more
Megafauna, or giant animals, roamed most of Florida. During the Ice Age, Florida was a large flat grassland. Much of the world's water was tied up in glaciers which lowered sea levels and exposed more land. More land means that there was mo... Read more
Native Americans were the first peoples that integrated their lifestyles with the harsh Florida environment. They were also the only humans to interact with megafauna. These groups of Native Americans relied heavily on the Indian River La... Read more
In the 1800s when the Sams Family settled in Merritt Island there were very few places to get food, many of which were hours away by boat. The Sams family needed to grow food to sustain and feed the family but they also grew fruits and suga... Read more
The Native American Burial Mound was created by Natives 4,000 years ago. This is a sacred ground that is protected by the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act. It is amazing that this has survived to the present time as man... Read more

 

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