Historical Marker

Shell Bluff

Waynesboro · Burke County

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The Story

This Savannah River bluff has drawn naturalists since the 1700s — William Bartram among them — for its Eocene fossil beds, where giant oysters once lived in seas that covered Georgia's coastal plain tens of millions of years ago.

About this site

Shell Bluff is a historical marker in Waynesboro, Burke County. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Burke County, among 109 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0914, -82.0166 near Waynesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Burke County Courthouse (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Burke County's 8 Governors, Burke County, and Burke County Courthouse.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.0914, -82.0166 · Waynesboro, Burke County

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