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Wildlife and Environmental Areas

Outdoor recreation in conservation areas managed for wildlife habitat

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Babcock Ranch Footprints Trail

http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridahikes/sets/72157625510239616

Babcock Ranch Preserve  |  Punta Gorda
( 26.945444, -81.754461 )      2.2 miles

Following old forest roads, the purple-blazed loop of the Footprints Trail through the heart of Babcock Ranch, a vast prairie punctuated by cypress strands, provides a simple introduction to this often-squishy ecosystem.

Chinsegut Big Pine Tract

Chinsegut Big Pine Tract

Chinsegut WEA  |  Brooksville
( 28.599042, -82.377272 )      1.6 miles

The southernmost concentration of ancient longleaf pine in America, the Big Pine Tract of Chinsegut WEA is also the second largest contiguous tract of old-growth longleaf pine in Florida.

Chinsegut Conservation Center Tract

Chinsegut WEA  |  Brooksville
( 28.609986, -82.359181 )      4.0 miles

Discover the beauty of May’s Prairie at the heart of the Chinsegut Conservation Center Tract

Hickey Creek WEA

Hickey Creek

Fort Myers      ( 26.712656, -81.665188 )      4.7 miles

Walk along a blackwater stream that sluggishly seeps towards the Caloosahatchee River on the way to a panorama of pines and palmettos along Hickey Creek

Perry Oldenburg WEA

Perry Oldenburg WEA

Brooksville      ( 28.614771, -82.331909 )      1.5 miles

With a surprising diversity of oak species for Central Florida on its 1.5-mile loop, Perry Oldenburg WEA protects a prime piece of sandhill habitat where gopher tortoises thrive.

South Lake Trail

Moss draperies in an oak hammock

Salt Lake WMA  |  Titusville
( 28.6384, -80.8749 )      1.3 miles

Culminating at a breezy observation platform with a panorama of marshy South Lake, this easy Titusville hike is both short and scenic

Split Oak Forest WEA

Narcoosee      ( 28.353333, -81.210917 )      6.4 miles

A live oak tree more than 200 years old is the centerpiece of Split Oak Forest, a 2,000-acre prairie and scrub preserve near Orlando, home to families of sandhill cranes

Swamp Trail, Moss Park

Marshy landscape in Florida

Moss Park  |  Orlando
( 28.37073, -81.18856 )      0.7 miles

Traversing the marshes that exchange waters between Lake Hart and Lake Mary Jane, the Swamp Trail is an easy hike between Moss Park and Split Oak Forest.

Watermelon Pond WEA

Watermelon Pond

Archer      ( 29.555754,-82.606814 )      5.5 miles

With more than 4,200 acres in this FWC Wildlife Environmental Area, Watermelon Pond WEA offers both solitude and scenery along a vast system of prairie habitats.

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