At lush Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, a treasure along the Atlantic coast, the Bella Vista Trail leads you along its white-blazed Timucuan Loop through a shady maritime hammock of red bay, southern magnolia, and cabbage palms. The patchwork of habitats along this sliver of barrier island are fully explored along this 1.8 mile loop, including coastal scrub and the northernmost extent of mangroves along the fringe of the Matanzas River. You’ll see a little of old A1A, too, which is open for bicycling.
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Overview
Location: Hammock
Length: 1.8 miles
Lat-Long: 29.632757, -81.208425
Type: loop
Fees / Permits: $5 per car entrance fee
Difficulty: easy to moderate
Bug factor: low to moderate
Restroom: At visitor center
Washington Oaks State Park website
Directions
The park is along the west side of A1A, south of Marineland and 4.1 miles north of the Hammock Dunes Bridge at Palm Coast. Drive in on the park entrance road and park by the Bella Vista trailhead on the right.
