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Explore an easy loop in scrubby uplands in residential Fort Pierce to search for scrub-jays from ground level and from an observation tower.

Privately owned, Sholom Park in Ocala is a place for meditative walking among gardens and a labyrinth along meandering trails through its well-manicured 45 acres.

A seasonal reminder from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to walk softly on Florida's beaches during shorebird nesting season.


Built to showcase the Cross Florida Greenway, the Silver River Connector is a 3-mile round-trip between the former Ocklawaha Visitor Center and Ray Wayside Park.

Marion County’s first conservation area opened with a whisper in May, 330 acres of upland recharge area just to the southwest of the famed Silver Springs. Located at 5415 N.E. 7th St just west of Baseline Road, the trailhead has interpretive maps to …

Bridge the two sides of Silver Springs State Park using the Ross Allen Island Boardwalk as a gateway to a longer walk in the woods via a new bridge over the Fort King Waterway.

With more than 3600 acres along the St. Marys River, Simmons State Forest offers nearly 12 miles of hiking in a botanically significant basin on Florida's border with Georgia.

A moment of Deja vu: discovering a scene that Bart Smith had captured in Along the Florida Trail at the 4Es trailhead.


Where subdivisions now occupy a formerly sleepy rural corner of Venice, Sleeping Turtles Preserve South provides a haven for wildlife along the Myakka River floodplain.
