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Event
 

WHAT:  Join the Friends of the Parks for a guided hike at Green Swamp East – Trial Ford. The hike is 3 miles round trip.

 

WHEN:          Saturday, March 12, 2016
                      from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

WHERE:        Green Swamp East – Trial Ford

 

GPS COORDINATES FOR PARKING: N 28° 18.651 W 082° 03.317
 
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
 
From I-4/US 98 go north on US 98 for 13.6 miles. Turn right onto FL-471 and continue north for 4.4 miles north. The trail head and parking will be on the right. Look for the gate and walk through (Just before crossing the Withlacoochee Bridge).

ABOUT THE SITE:

This is a place in the middle of the state, far from either coast, where people can go to experience the unaltered natural beauty of central Florida. As part of the 51,000-acre East Tract of the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve, Trial Ford offers visitors the ability to hike, hunt, bike, camp or fish in a rare wilderness full of local flora and fauna. Be prepared for wet hiking; some trails are excessively wet during certain times of year.
 
THINGS TO SEE:

This area contains a variety of habitat types including flatwoods, oak hammocks, river swamp and cypress ponds as well as a wide diversity of plant and animal life. Watch for Sherman’s fox squirrels, swallow-tailed kites and endangered wood storks.
 
BE PREPARED:

Insect repellant is recommended to ward off mosquitos and ticks.
Trails can be wet.

 
VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT JOINING FRIENDS OF THE PARKS, MAKING A DONATION, TREK TEN TRAILS AND DIRT DAY PROGRAMS: www.friendsoftheparks.net