San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park — Attraction in Alachua

Walked the Creek Sink Trail at 9AM on a chilly morning in March and saw only about 4 other people in the two hours I was on the trail. The path is clearly marked and easily traversable.

Across the street at the Spring Grove Loop Trail I was significantly less impressed. Evidence of a controlled burn was still viewable and there was virtually no wildlife out - not even birds. The 'blue" trail was closed which is the path where I think a lot of these photos posted by others came from as the beauty in them was NOT on the "Yellow Trail".

Still, the walk was a very easy, flat dirt road for 95% (bit of an uphill the last half mile) of the trail and if you're looking for peace and solitude you...

I had such an amazing time walking this weekend, I wish I had taken a few photos so I could share them with you. It is well equipped with trails, picnic tables, and well marked trails, the only complaint we have is that there are no obvious signs pointing to the trail across the street. In fact, this was not our first time here, it was our second or third, and it was my friends who introduced us to the trail across the street, and without them, we would not have noticed it. There is also the issue of ticks, which we are aware the rangers can do nothing about really, but still, it is a tick-heavy trail,...

We visited on an evening, so, hiked only the shortest loop (about 1.6 miles): Moonshine Creek Trail. It's mostly on flat ground, had tree cover along the full length apart from few small gaps created by tree fall. Good for a hot day; in fact it was in low 90's when we were there. As per my observations, it's good to see a unique ecosystem, hammock forest structure, and some 'snap-shot instances' of forest dynamics such as how a fallen tree gets decayed and the nutrients are added back to soil. Close to sunset, Hooded warblers were singing all around close...