Ortona, Glades County, Florida

Lake Wobegon at Indian Mound Park, Ortona, Florida
Lake Wobegon signage
Ortona, Indian Mound Park entrance
Indian Mound Park boardwalk
Indian Mound Park curving boardwalk
Ortona Indian Mound Park signage noting park was acquired and developed by Glades County, Florida with the assistance of the Florida Department of Natural Resources and the Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program
Indian Mound Park information kiosk
Ortona Indian Mound Park signage
Panorama photograph of Ortona Indian Mound Park

Ortona is an unincorporated area and a populated place in Glades County, Florida.[1]

One of the area's attractions is the Ortona Indian Mound Park, which preserves part of the Ortona Prehistoric Village, and the hiking trail through that area.[2] The prehistoric mounds, canoe canals and earthworks were constructed by Native Americans across a five-square-mile region along the north side of the Caloosahatchee River.[3] The site is located on SR 78, north of LaBelle.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Ortona, Glades County, Florida". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. ^ Ortona Mounds Visit Glades
  3. ^ Derr, Mark (July 23, 2002). "Network of Waterways Traced to Ancient Florida Culture". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Ortona Archived 2014-03-30 at the Wayback Machine AAA Heritage Tours
  5. ^ "Ortona Mounds | Florida Hikes!". floridahikes.com. Retrieved October 26, 2018.