Event Details

Moon Over The Mounds

Time: 8:00 pm til 10:00 pm

Location: 3400 N Museum Pointe Crystal River, FL 34428

Description: Moon Over the Mounds

Archaeologists and Park Staff present a moon-lit tour and interpretation of the famous Crystal River Archaeological Site

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Friends of Crystal River State Parks is hosting Moon Over the Mounds. This event is scheduled once a month on Friday evening(s) of a full moon.

The tour is held from 8 to 10 pm at the Crystal River Archaeological State Park in Citrus County. (Crystal River Archaeological Site is a world-famous pre-Columbian mound complex extending along the north shore of the Crystal River. The site is one of the most imposing prehistoric ceremonial centers on Florida’s west coast.

The Moon Over the Mounds tour this season will begin at the Park Museum at 8:00 PM. Interpretive guides tell the story of the famous Crystal River Site by torchlight as guests tour though the moon-lit mound complex. Travel back with us to AD 600 when the Crystal River site was the most important ceremonial site in the region!

The park is located at 3400 North Museum Pointe, Crystal River just north of the Crystal River Mall. Drive North on U.S. 19 and turn left onto State Park Street.

FPAN is participating in this event.