Safety Harbor Site, Archaeological site in Safety Harbor, US

The Safety Harbor Site in Philippe Park consists of a roughly circular temple mound 150 feet (46 m) in diameter and 20 feet (6.1 m) high, with a summit plateau about 100 by 50 feet (30 m × 15 m). It is built of alternating layers of shells and sand, and post holes found on the summit suggest a structure once stood there. A smaller burial mound and two shell middens are also part of the site.

The site served as the capital of the Tocobaga people until European contact led to population decline around 1700. The loss of people forced the abandonment of this major center.

The site is also called the Indian Mound, and the Spanish name is Sitio Safety-Harbor. The temple mound is built of alternating layers of shell and sand, with layers of clay that archaeologists think were used in some way. Post holes found on the summit plateau suggest a residence or temple stood there.

The site lies in Philippe Park at 2525 Philippe Parkway in Safety Harbor and is open during daylight hours. Besides the mounds, the park has walking paths, picnic areas, a boat ramp and fishing spots. The temple mound is roughly circular, 150 feet across and 20 feet high, with a summit plateau of about 100 by 50 feet.

The site is the southernmost in Florida showing Mississippian influence, and its pottery shares traits with the contemporaneous Fort Walton culture. Archaeologists first noted the site as early as 1880, but formal excavations only began in 1929.