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Archives for February 2020

Alligators

American alligator

Wildlife Identification      ( Florida Species )      

Alligators are the number one fear that folks new to Florida have about playing in the outdoors. Here’s how to handle yourself when you’re in alligator territory.

Clay Island Trail

Flowway observation tower Clay Island Lake Apopka

Lake Apopka North Shore  |  Astatula
( 28.674532, -81.705992 )      7.2 miles

Expect plenty of birds in the marshes where farms are being restored to wetlands along a segment of the Lake Apopka Loop Trail with its own series of cross trails

Crooked River Preserve

Crooked River Preserve

Clermont      ( 28.507938, -81.750393 )      1.7 miles

On a 1.7-mile loop, Crooked River Preserve showcases a wide variety of habitats in a short hike on the northernmost extent of the Lake Wales Ridge in Clermont

Econ River Wilderness

Econlockhatchee River cypress

Oviedo      ( 28.613780, -81.174113 )      2.7 miles

Protecting a narrow band of green space in the urbanizing suburbs of the Orlando metro, the Econ River Wilderness surprises with its botanical beauty and wildlife

Expand Econ River Wilderness

Econ River Wilderness east shore hammock

February 19, 2020    Sandra Friend

A proposal has been made public of a land swap offer between a developer and Seminole County for possession of Econ River Wilderness Area. We think that the existing preserve should be expanded, instead. Here’s how.

Ferndale Preserve

Ferndale Preserve

Lake Apopka  |  Ferndale
( 28.625886,-81.700286 )      2.1 miles

On Lake Apopka’s western shore, Ferndale Preserve offers amazing panoramas of Florida’s fourth largest lake, along with serious elevation changes on its four miles of multi-use trails

Florida Trail, Clearwater Lake to Alexander Springs

Florida Trail near Paisley

Florida Trail, Ocala  |  Ocala National Forest
( 28.976418,-81.550423 )      10.5 miles

10.5 miles. Hike the original miles blazed by Florida Trail Association trailblazers in 1966 along one of the most beautiful sections of the Florida Trail in the Ocala National Forest

Florida Trail, Econfina Creek

Econfina Creek

Florida Trail, Central Panhandle  |  Econfina Creek WMA
( 30.548933, -85.43578 )      17.7 miles

17.7 miles. Surprisingly rugged and delightfully diverse, the Florida Trail along Econfina Creek traversed ravines, sidehill, and high bluffs above the spring-fed creek.

Florida Trail, Farles Prairie to Juniper Springs

Florida Trail, Ocala  |  Ocala National Forest
( 29.103519, -81.674882 )      9.7 miles

9.7 miles. Follow a ribbon of tall grasses and lily-dotted ponds along Farles Prairie before trekking miles through classic sand pine scrub to the Juniper Prairie Wilderness

Florida Trail, Juniper Springs to Hopkins Prairie

Juniper Prairie Wilderness

Florida Trail, Ocala  |  Ocala National Forest
( 29.180100, -81.712900 )      10.6 miles

10.6 miles. Marvel at a mosaic of ancient scrub forest, vast prairies, and pine islands while crossing the Juniper Prairie Wilderness

Florida Trail, Kerr Island to Lake Delancy

Florida Trail sinkhole near Delancy

Florida Trail, Ocala  |  Ocala National Forest
( 29.428644, -81.788477 )      6.4 miles

6.4 miles. Across a mosaic of sandhills and scrub, expect black bear and scrub-jay sightings on this Florida Trail segment north of Salt Springs

Florida Trail, Lake Delancy to Rodman

Riverside Island north of FR 11

Florida Trail, Ocala  |  Ocala National Forest
( 29.428644, -81.788477 )      6.7 miles

6.7 miles. Experience a sense of perspective on a piece of the Florida Trail traversing rolling hills topped with a majestic forest of longleaf pines

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