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Timucuan Indian Trail - Timucuan Trail |
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In less than a mile, you experience all of the major habitats of the Ocala National Forest—and can cool off with a swim.
Timucuan Indian Trail, Alexander Springs Recreation Area Start of the Timucuan Trail
Start at the large Timucuan Trail sign. A boardwalk leads into a lush hydric hammock, deeply shaded by cabbage palms that grow in profusion in the shallow waters surrounding the spring. Clusters of cinnamon ferns rise from patches of land between clear, sand-bottomed rivulets. You feel as if you’ve walked into a lush jungle, and so it was for the Timucua who once lived along the banks of this spring. Interpretive signs relate information about the habitat and its inhabitants.
You come to a junction with a rough sand footpath. Follow the footpath as it climbs up into an upland forest, where dogwood, oaks, and magnolia grow on a high bluff along a flowing creek. The trail drops down to cross the creek, curving into the shade of a palm hammock to cross a long boardwalk across a crystalline stream. On the other side of the boardwalk, roots invade the footpath and the soil may be squishy.
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