About brownville park brownville park is a 75 acre county park and campground in arcadia florida located directly on the peace river. Nail apron home depot or lowes or fanny pack for around your waist to hold treasures as you.
If the water level is 12 inches below normal and lower river is good for fossil hunting.
Peace river fossil hunting. Go to any boat ramp on the upper to middle peace and you ll see fossil hunters. Steven0107 wrote a review sep 4. The best way to find fossils though is to rent a canoe or kayak and work your way down the river.
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There is a fossil expedition tour in florida that allows visitors from all over to hunt for historical treasures riverside. And how to pages. The beautiful peace river offers wildlife viewing fishing swimming hiking trails wilderness camping fossil hunting and of course canoeing and kayaking.
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Fossil hunting guide to the peace river 23 5 million years old miocene to early pliocene hawthorn group peace river formation bone valley member and unconsolidated pleistocene layers of sands and gravel. Canoe outpost peace river water level is 12 inches below normal and lower. View towering cypress trees with moss beards and soaring birds hear the rippling water and the meaning of the true florida becomes apparent.
When we learned brownville park in arcadia offered camping and fossil hunting we made our reservation for the last weekend in may of 2019. At the end of the trip if your sheets got wet we ll be glad to give you new ones. Water needs to be fairly clear and below normal for fossil hunting.
Fishing gets good in low water work the dark water around the tree stumps. At check in ask for a free copy of the fossil i d. Peace river fossil hunting.
Fossil hunting on the peace river is a popular past time. In a canoe or kayak you can get to fossil spots most can t get to. Very informative great fossil hunting and the group setting was small enough to have.
Sheet put in a gallon zip bag or purchase a laminated one at the outpost.
