![]() ![]() It’s obvious that when it rains, floodwaters tear through this floodplain, reshaping the creek and its banks. Walk onto the horseshoe and see the meander of the creek around it. The trail follows another bend in the creek, deeply carved from water rushing through a narrows around a horseshoe bend. Small rapids burble in the creek adjoining the trail, smooth Solomon’s seal emerging from shady spots on the forest floor. On the left is a sweeping sand bluff created by floodwaters depositing sand on a curve. This is definitionally an urban forest, because in every direction you’re surrounded by residential and commercial lots. The trail passes a massive Southern magnolia with a split trunk. Sizable loblolly pines tower overhead you have to crane your head towards the canopy to see them. At the top of the far bluff, keep left at the fork to follow the yellow blazes, simple dots on the trail. Turn right and work your way down to the water’s edge to cross the creek. The trail to the left was marked closed during our visit. There are lots of roots underfoot.Īt a T intersection in the trail, a bluff overlooks the fast-moving water you see the ripple effect in the sand bottom of the basin. The trail approaches a small sinkhole in this dense bluff forest, where dogwoods bloom in late winter. Where you see the fencing off to the right that looks like a little gateway ushering you down a side trail, turn right. This broad path is the Hogtown Greenway, a linear connector that gets a lot of use. Leaving the parking area, walk up the path past the old environmental center and a picnic bench at the entrance to the park. Parking is also available at another entrance to the park off 8th Avenue on NW 31st Drive. Alternate parking is possible farther up NW 34th Street at a city park on the right, connecting to this entrance via a sidewalk. The right turn onto 5th Avenue comes up very quickly, with a tiny sign hidden between residences. From Interstate 75 exit 387, Newberry Road, drive east 2.8 miles past the Oaks Mall and continue towards the University of Florida. ![]()
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