Gainesville Florida Passive Recreation, Gardens, Conservation Areas.

By Mark Cohen

Managing Real Estate Broker with Eyemark Realty, Inc. BK669286

August 05, 2008 01:11 AM

Gainesville Florida Area Passive Recreation, Gardens, and Conservation Areas (North Central Florida)
Alfred A. Ring Park (20 acres on Hogtown Creek, wildflowers, Gainesville)
            www.cityofgainesville.org/no/facilities/aarp.aspx
Austin Cary Memorial Forest (Waldo)   www.sfrc.ufl.edu/facilities.html
Biven's Arm Nature Park (57 acres of oak hammock,marsh, and trail, Gainesville)
            www.cityofgainesville.org/no/facilities/banp.aspx and
            www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/guide/regions/north/trails/bivens_arm_trail.htm
Boulware Springs (Gainesville)   www.cityofgainesville.org/no/facilities/bsphw.aspx
Butterfly Rainforest at the Florida Museum (UF Campus, Gainesville) www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflies/
Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve (Cedar Key)   www.floridastateparks.org/cedarkeyscrub
Cofrin Nature Park and Trail (Gainesville)   www.cityofgainesville.org/no/facilities/cnp.aspx
Colclough Pond Audubon Sanctuary (26 acres of pasture and forest, Gainesville)
            www.flmnh.ufl.edu/aud/sanctuar.htm
Fort McCoy Wildlife Area (Fort McCoy) http://myfwc.com/RECREATION/cooperative/fort_mccoy.asp
Fort White Mitigation Park (1,328 acres, Fort White) http://myfwc.com/RECREATION/fort_white/default.asp
Greathouse Butterfly Farm (Earleton) www.greathousebutterflyfarm.com
Gulf Hammock Wildlife Management Area (26,000 acres, Otter Creek) www.stateparks.com/gulf_hammock.html
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens (62 acres, Gainesville) www.kanapaha.org
Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area (Hawthorne) http://myfwc.com/RECREATION/cooperative/lochloosa.asp
Loblolly Woods Nature Area (Hogtown Greenway, Gainesville) www.cityofgainesville.org/no/facilities/lef.aspx
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge (53,000 acres, Cedar Key) www.fws.gov/lowersuwannee
Mill Creek Farm (Horse retirement home, Alachua)   www.millcreekfarm.org
Morningside Nature Center (278 acres, Gainesville)   www.cityofgainesville/no/facilities/mnc.aspx
Ocala National Forest (383,573 acres, Ocala) www.fs.fed.us/r8/florida/recreation/index_ocala.shtml
O'Leno State Park (Santa Fe River, High Springs) www.floridastateparks.org/oleno
Osceola National Forest (200,000 acres, Lake City) www.fs.fed.us/r8/florida/recreation/index_osc.shtml        Paynes Prairie State Preserve (22,000 acres of wet prairie and fresh water marsh, Gainesville - Micanopy)
            www.floridastateparks.org/paynesprairie
Ravine Gardens State Park (Palatka) www.floridastateparks.org/ravinegardens
River Rise State Preserve (Santa Fe River, High Springs)   www.floridastateparks.org/riverrise
San Felasco Hammock State Preserve (7,000 acres, Gainesville - Alachua)
            www.floridastateparks.org/sanfelascohammock
Santa Fe Community College Teaching Zoo (12 acres, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds, and Endangered Species from 6 Continents, Gainesville)   http://inst.santafe.cc.fl.us/~zoo
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm (Brooker)   http://buyabutterfly.com
Steinhatchee Springs Wildlife Management Area (20,909 acres, Branford)
            http://myfwc.com/recreation/cooperative/steinhatchee_springs.asp

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Gainesville, Florida
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