Sun april 16, 2023 Nice place for families, pets, events, picnics, field trips, walking on trails. No bike riding on certain trails. I think they do a good job keeping up with park mostly. Go early for parking. Been going here for 10 yrs now and it has grown. They have bowls and water stand for pets. A $3 per person admission box when entering, although can easily be missed. A donation box to help fund the park with their ongoing updates & preservation. Info about the park before going in. They have little info about the plants, park, trees etc. all around the trails. Some animals we have captured or seen are garden spiders, lizards, skinks, butterflies, tortoises, turtles, armadillos, raccoons, gators by the pond, various birds and bugs, cat, frogs, dragon flies etc. Hope they continue on preserving the park. Few of our favorite trails are rosemary and sand ridge. The pond is nice just beware of alligators may be there. Plenty of benches and little look...
Read moreIf this is the on-site, $12 parking area, the process to send cars down there during the holiday light show, needs to be improved. We were one of five cars circling around looking for a space that we paid over 50% of the ticket price to use (not knowing their parking lot is that tiny) and drive for ten minutes waiting for someone to walk to their car, and we just followed them and waited. I appreciate that they have a parking lot, but the process isn't great during the holiday light show. Maybe it's better during normal,...
Read moreTHEY FINALLY DID IT!!!!!! TRASH HEAP TURNED MONEY SCHEME FOR JACKSONVILLE CASINO. BEST BET and I'm sure other " investors's." Now charge per person for admission. I've been going here since before it had a name.haha and now look at it. All fenced up. They killed all the animals. Forced them out of their homes. This place started as a garbage fill. Trust me I've done my research and tilled the land myself many times. Endangered animals forced from their burrows and now you pay for it. It was free....
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