Florida is home to many unique environments and experiences. It’s also a place that sees a huge amount of tourism. And welcomes hundreds of thousands of new residents every year, straining natural resources, and impacting fragile ecosystems like wetlands, hydric hammocks, and sand scrubs. Visitors to the Sunshine State can help by practicing responsible and…
Hammock Park is one of Dunedin, Florida’s hidden gems, a 96-acre natural sanctuary in the midst of a residential neighborhood, and one of several great city parks in Dunedin. It’s known among locals as a place to walk the dog, immerse yourself in nature along one of the dirt nature trails, and even as a…
One thing we know around Dunedin is that we love parks, and parks in Dunedin FL stand right up there with the best around the state. Of course, we’re extraordinarily lucky to be home to two amazing state parks – Caladesi Island State Park and Honeymoon Island State Park, the latter being the most visited…
If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you know I often find places to visit – especially parks – by scrolling Google Maps. I found Gator Creek Reserve in Lakeland, Florida in this way, while searching for parks to visit on a return trip from Orlando to Tampa. For that search, I sought places…
Early on a Saturday morning in November, I pulled into the parking lot next to Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum. This hidden gem in St. Petersburg popped on a map search – my preferred way of finding new places to explore – one night while scrolling across Google Maps. The name jumped out at me. A…