On our recent camping trip to Key Largo, we took a day to check out Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park (say that ten times fast!). It is a former quarry that provided stone for Henry Flager’s Overseas Railroad in the early 1900s. Then it was used to produce Keystone (decorative stone). There are five trails that are numbered and there’s a tour guide book that you read as you go.
Even though some of the trails are shady, it was still really hot hiking in the Florida summer! We brought water with us plus we refilled our bottles everytime the trails took us close to the ranger station.
The depth of the coral was amazing! In some places it was almost 8 feet!
The equipment they used to work here is pretty impressive!
This is black ironwood. We were amazed at how hard it is – can you imagine trying to lift a board made with this?! 80 pounds/square foot!
We “climbed” all the way to 18 feet above sea level!
What boy doesn’t love climbing a coral wall?
The leftover pieces of Keystone are huge!
It was $2.50/person to get in which was totally worth it! They are closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. Find more information here.
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