Spanish Coquina Quarries

Super awesome piece of history right here! If you blink, you'd miss it! Definitely worth checking out this little hidden gem. The trail was flooded so we didn't get to walk the whole thing, but what we saw was very interesting!

It’s a neat little trail at the opening of Anastasia State Park. It has a trail that goes to the other side of the amphitheater, with a few neat bunny trails. The trails are a little bit overgrown, but absolutely beautiful and with them being overgrown it makes it a little bit of an adventure. It is just a short hike, but worth your time. It is very important that you bring some type of mosquito repellent, the mosquitoes are all over the place and will carry you off to their den to eat you alive!!

Free parking and a real nice short trail going to some original cutting sites for harvesting Coquina (Spanish for "tiny shellfish") blocks. The deposits date back over 100,000 years Very nice informative signs and some rough but passable trails to get into the site. As this is the front part of Anastacia Island state park it is a first stop and than enter the park for more fun.

So much history located here! Reading information about the construction of Castillo de San Marcos and how the coquina was quarried was very interesting. If you’re coming to St Augustine I recommend visiting Anastasia Star Park and checking out this gem.

Tip* If you’re planning to visit St Augustine arrive as early as you can and make multiple stops in your exploration. This is one of those cities that has so much to offer.

Nice shell paths thru a coquina quarry used to build the Spanish fort in St augustine.

You need to know where , but it's very cool to find the Cocina , luckily I know where it's located

Good walking experience.

Nice trails to walk and observe the coquina quarries

Can see where Spanish used to mine coquina. Also, if there the farmer's market going on at the ampitheatre, this is a great spot to have a scenic walk from. Just keep going straight on the trail.

If you are looking for a short, mosquito laden walk to a non-restored historical site... Then this is the spot for you.

SIGNS, SIGNS, SIGNS..."200' from this sign there is a quarry....". Really? Where? How about a map, how about path signs or markers? We wandered around for 45 minutes, going up and down a dozen paths that led nowhere. Still never found the "quarry" despite taking directions from some guy sitting at the back entrance road to the ampitheater (yes, we wound up there due to lack of signage).