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Orange sands Flagler Beach

Flagler Beach

Along Scenic A1A on one of the prettiest stretches of oceanfront on the Atlantic Coast, the seaside community of Flagler Beach anchors an array of natural lands.


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Exploring Flagler Beach

A compact village between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, Flagler Beach is home to a long fishing pier and surprisingly orange beaches.

The color comes from coquina, a shell common along the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, which outcrops here right at the beach. A1A is atop high bluffs along this oceanfront.

Seeping south through freshwater marshes, Bulow Creek lies on the opposite site of the Intracoastal Waterway.

A string of public lands protect its frontage and provide recreational opportunities beneath the canopy of some of Florida’s oldest and grandest live oak hammocks.


Trails and Parks Near Flagler Beach

Steflik Preserve Flagler Beach Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve protects more than 200 acres of mangrove marsh, mud flats, and coastal uplands right on the edge of downtown Flagler Beach
Fairchild Oak Bulow Creek State Park Walk among the ancients in Bulow Hammock, starting with the imposing Fairchild Oak, one of Florida's largest live oak trees
Bulow Plantation Ruins museum exhibit Bulow Plantation Ruins State Park History and natural beauty meet under a dense oak canopy at the ruins of one of Florida's oldest sugar mills
swampy trail Bulow Woods Bulow Woods Loop Stretching 5.2 miles through an primordial forest of sluggish, fern-lined waterways, ancient live oaks, magnolias, and cabbage palms, the Bulow Woods Loop is one of North Florida's most scenic hikes
Wet trail in lush Florida palm forest Bulow Woods Trail A linear hike between state park day use areas at Bulow Plantation Ruins and Bulow Creek, the Bulow Woods Trail parallels the flow of a freshwater creek near the sea
Coquina beach at Atlantic Ocean with dune line beyond Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area Formerly Flagler Beach State Park, Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area stretches from the orange sand beaches of the Atlantic Ocean to the windswept oak hammocks along the Intracoastal Waterway.
Pond lined by pine trees and dotted with water lilies Graham Swamp Preserve A freshwater swamp forest less than two miles from the Atlantic Ocean, Graham Swamp Preserve is where Bulow Creek rises to flow south.
Loblolly bay and sweetgum trees along a footpath Graham Swamp West Circle placid blackwater ponds amid a freshwater swamp forest near to the Atlantic Coast.
Creek lined with mangroves and cabbage palms North Peninsula State Park Neatly accessed via a scenic drive extending north from Ormond Beach, North Peninsula State Park has two tantalizing miles of oceanfront along a palm-rimmed line of dunes.
Wadsworth Park Wadsworth Park Along a cove on a tidal creek that flows out to the Intracoastal Waterway, Wadsworth Park near Flagler Beach provides a gentle introduction to the marshes.

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The Over 80 Across Florida Hike (9/30/2017) In 2007, a group of senior hikers made Florida hiking history by successfully completing a backpacking trip from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico via backroads, the Florida Trail, and the Withlacoochee Bay Trail. All were over age 80.
Steflik Preserve Steflik Preserve a birder’s delight (8/11/2011) Imagine passing by a preserve dozens of times over the years and never seeing it. That's what I'd done here in Flagler Beach, until I finally discovered Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve thanks to a heads-up from a local innkeeper.

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