[3] It is the type site for the Safety Harbor culture,[4] and includes the largest remaining mound in the Tampa Bay area.

In addition to the mounds, the park has walking paths, picnic areas, a boat ramp, fishing, and scenic views.

[7] The site was documented as being occupied by early Spanish explorers of the region, who described it as the capital city of the Tocobaga people.

Contact with these explorers probably introduced European diseases, which decimated the population and led to the site's abandonment, probably by 1700.

Pottery finds at the site share characteristics with the contemporaneous Fort Walton culture.