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.Goethe State Forest

Big Cypress Trail

Goethe State Forest  |  Bronson
( 29.223550, -82.622667 )      0.6 miles

Deep in the heart of an ancient swamp, the Goethe Giant – one of Florida’s largest cypress trees – stands tall at the end of a boardwalk in Goethe State Forest.

Buck Island Pond Trail

Goethe State Forest  |  Dunnellon
( 29.18377,-82.574319 )      2.0 miles

Looping around a cypress-lined pond in the midst of pine flatwoods northwest of Dunnellon, the Buck Island Pond Trail at Goethe State Forest has quite a few interesting features, including a pitcher plant bog.

Five Star Trails Gainesville & Ocala has launched

December 12, 2013    Sandra Friend

While we were roaming the trails of South Florida, a box of books arrived at our home: our author copies of Five Star Trails Gainesville & Ocala! We started working on this guide to the best trails in the Gainesville and Ocala vicinity last fall, nibbling away at hikes at the south end of the …

Watermelon Pond WEA

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.