Once part of the vast IBM complex in Boca Raton where the personal computer was born, Pondhawk Natural Area protects 79 acres of scrub habitats and wetlands, including a relict pond apple slough with … [Read more...]
Nature Trails
Hikes on nature trails throughout Florida, generally interpretive trails or very short trails suitable for young children.
Yamato Scrub Natural Area
A 217-acre natural area atop the Atlantic Coastal Ridge in Boca Raton, Yamato Scrub protects the largest chunk of native scrub habitat found this far south in Florida. Walking the northernmost trails … [Read more...]
Serenoa Glade Preserve
Atop one of the higher elevations in Boca Raton, Serenoa Glade Preserve is a rare undeveloped piece of the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, featuring a transition zone from scrub habitat on the Atlantic Ocean … [Read more...]
Bill Sadowski Park
At the Bill Sadowski Park and Nature Center, the Old Cutler Hammock Nature Trail offers a glimpse of what Cutler Ridge looked like before development. A verdant tropical hammock tops bizarre geologic … [Read more...]
John Prince Park – Custard Apple Trail
Winding through a tropical hammock and along open marshy areas, the interpretive Custard Apple Trail provides a taste of the wilderness that the first modern settlers (circa 1883) found when they came … [Read more...]
Okeeheelee Nature Trail
A network of wheelchair-accessible paved paths and hardpacked limestone natural walkways wind through 90 acres of pine flatwoods, oak hammocks, and dense palm hammocks behind the Okeeheelee Nature … [Read more...]
Tall Cypress Natural Area
Botanical diversity abounds in the 66-acre Tall Cypress Natural Area. Along the boardwalks, you'll wander through a cypress slough that is a wonderland of ferns, with a profusion of giant sword ferns, … [Read more...]
Daggerwing Nature Center
Behind Daggerwing Nature Center in busy South County Regional Park, a boardwalk leads you into habitats that have all but been erased from the surrounding crowd of suburbia in west Boca Raton. The … [Read more...]
Doris Davis Foreman Wilderness Preserve
A pretty patch of tropical hammock hides amid the bustle of suburbia in Parkland, a Broward County community, within the 20-acre Doris Davis Foreman Wilderness Preserve. The half-mile loop, mostly … [Read more...]
Grassy Waters Preserve – Eagle Trail
Forming a loop around Gator Lake in Grassy Waters Preserve, the Eagle Trail tunnels through a tropical hammock to provide overlooks across the wet prairies of the Loxahatchee Slough and across the … [Read more...]
