Sabal Palm Trail

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Features Birding · Geological Significance · Historical Significance · Wildflowers · Wildlife

The near loop is Loop A, and, on the day I was there, was very popular. The far loop is loop B. I didn't see anyone on that loop. Where the two loops join is a campground.

Register online (floridastateforests.reserveamerica) to get a day pass for any of the local trails.

This is a doubletrack trail which is overgrown in some places. Some of the trail markers are falling over. It provides more shade than the nearby Picayune Strand hike, but there can be a lot of exposure. The trail apparently floods part of the year. There are educational plaques strewn throughout the trail explaining the microenvironments and its agricultural history. There are plenty of birds and animals to gawk at.

I saw deer, wood stork (near the entrance), and some hawks.

They used to grown melons there.