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Due to constuction work by South Florida Water Management District, the Florida Trail is closed between the S-154 water structure and SR 70. An alternate route is available...
At the ranger station, we stopped in for a map and discovered the first of four walks on the island, the Barrier Free Nature Trail. Built as a Boy Scout project, this 0.4 mile loop has a graded path wide enough for two wheelchairs to pass and six touch-activated interpretive speakers, each marked with a concrete step on the path to alert the visually impaired. The trail leads past stands of cabbage palm lining a man-made canal where egrets and herons prod the mud for their meals, and then sweeps around to follow the bayshore, offering a view of the Sunshine Skyway framed by sea grapes.
