Devils Den Cave

[Metro Jacksonville]

Devils Den Cave



The Devil’s Den is a scuba resort located on privately owned land in the small town of Williston, Florida. The water sits at a temperature of 72 degrees, which allows for visitors to comfortably dive year-round. Its name was given by early settlers who saw steam like smoke rising from the cave’s chimney on cold winter mornings. Remains of both humans and extinct animals have been discovered at the Devil’s Den — even some that are over two million years old.

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[cowford]

I think I know where I'm going camping next!  Have any of you camped here?

[camarocane]

I'll be diving there in a few weeks. Should be fun! As an archaeological site I wonder if the remains have been picked through, or if there are some undisturbed artifacts.

[Tacachale]

Man this looks cool. Makes we want to take up scuba diving.

[PeeJayEss]

Very nice article on a cool place.

Just wanted to point out one thing. This sentence:

Remains of both humans and extinct animals have been discovered at the Devil's Den — even some that are over two million years old.

seems to suggest the potential presence of 2 million year old human remains, which would be a pretty bold claim, to put it mildly.

[Tacachale]

Very nice article on a cool place.

Just wanted to point out one thing. This sentence:

Remains of both humans and extinct animals have been discovered at the Devil's Den — even some that are over two million years old.

seems to suggest the potential presence of 2 million year old human remains, which would be a pretty bold claim, to put it mildly.

It's a bit confusingly worded, but I imagine they're saying there are 2 million year old animal remains within the various remains. The oldest human remains in Florida are about 14 thousand years old.

[jaxjaguar]

All of the sources I've read state about 7500 bce for human remains... Still very old! Great article! We planned a trip here and to cedar lakes next door purely from reading this and checking out trip advisor!