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Archives for May 2020

Lake Jesup Cameron Tract

Lake Jesup Cameron Tract

Lake Jesup Conservation Area  |  Sanford
( 28.760573, -81.213720 )      1.0 miles

On a mile-long loop in grassy prairies along Lake Jesup, enjoy palm-framed panoramas of the open prairies along the lakeshore

Lake Jesup Conservation Area

Lake Jesup north shore

Oviedo, Sanford      ( 28.727534, -81.264157 )      7.5 miles

Protecting large swaths of marshy shoreline, the Lake Jesup Conservation Area filters runoff from surrounding suburbia while providing places to hike along Lake Jesup

Lake Jesup East Tract

Lake Jesup East Tract

Lake Jesup Conservation Area  |  Oviedo
( 28.716862, -81.18747 )      2.1 miles

Savor the bird’s-eye view of one of the largest lakes in the Orlando metro from a tall observation tower along this 2.1-mile loop hike in Oviedo

Lake Jesup Marl Bed Flats

Lake Jesup Marl Bed Flats

Lake Jesup Conservation Area  |  Sanford
( 28.741670, -81.245368 )      1.0 miles

For the broadest panorama along the south shore of Lake Jesup, follow this mile-long loop through lush oak hammocks and open prairies in a rural corner of Sanford

Lake Jesup Wilderness

Lake Jesup Wilderness sunflower alley

Lake Jesup Conservation Area  |  Sanford
( 28.727200, -81.263533 )      2.9 miles

In this wilderness area along the shores of Lake Jesup, plunge right in for a hike through a parade of wetland wildflowers in the St. Johns River floodplain

Lake Manatee State Park

Lake Manatee

Bradenton      ( 27.475551,-82.346631 )      5.5 miles

With a natural lakefront stretching three miles along the edge of Lake Manatee, this state park outside Bradenton is a quiet place to camp, fish, and hike

Maritime Hammock Loop, Bald Point

Bald Point State Park

Bald Point State Park  |  Alligator Point
( 29.940572,-84.338035 )      1.3 miles

Discover the beauty of a lightly-walked beach paired with the intimate details of a maritime forest and the immense panorama of a coastal estuary on this 1.3 mile loop at Bald Point State Park.

Marshall Hampton Reserve

Oak hammock Marshall Hampton Reserve

Lakeland      ( 28.0082, -81.8212 )      2.6 miles

Sample a colorful corner of more than 1,100 acres of conservation land along the eastern shore of Lake Hancock on a hike combining oak hammocks and wetlands for birding

Morrison Springs Park

Morrison Springs

Choctawhatchee River WMA  |  Ponce De Leon
( 30.657262, -85.906905 )      0.5 miles

Surrounded by a rim of old growth cypress, Morrison Springs is a beautiful second magnitude spring with swimming and diver access down an interpretive boardwalk

Pershing Highway Interpretive Trail

Pershing Highway

Tiger Bay State Forest  |  Daytona Beach
( 29.1321, -81.1530 )      2.4 miles

Tunneling into a vast swamp forest now protected as Tiger Bay State Forest, a mile-long strip of preserved brick highway from 1917 provides a peek into early Florida auto travel

Pine Island Ridge Natural Area

Woodpecker on live oak (Adobe Stock)

Davie      ( 26.076081,-80.275329 )      1.8 miles

At the highest natural elevation in Broward County, this pine-topped ridge speaks to the history of those who lived here in the past, in a village that Mikasuki medicine chief Abiaka called home

Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park

Pumpkin Hill Creek panorama

Jacksonville      ( 30.473874,-81.486535 )      

Within city limits yet truly wild, Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park protects more than 4,000 acres along the edges of enormous estuaries draining into the St. Johns River

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