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Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Botanical garden
Trails winding past a bamboo grove & a pond with giant water lilies, plus a hummingbird garden.
4.70 (2.6K reviews)
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Poe Springs Park
Park
County park surrounding cool, natural springs, offering picnicking, playground & athletic fields.
4.50 (1K reviews)
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Squirrel Ridge Park
Park
ππ Really nice dog park. A few acres fully fenced with doggie pools, old growth trees, a few shady areas to sit for the peeps. There are areas of sand, grass, and dirt, agility equipment and a separate small dog area. I appreciate how large this is as my dog loves to run. There is also a wash station...
4.50 (583 reviews)
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Lochloosa Lake Park
Park
ππ This is the real Florida! A massive fresh water lake, large cypress trees with billowing Spanish Moss, local fisherman on shore and in boats, century old homes with palm trees in the front yard with an old bait shop nearby. This park has a decent boat ramp, floating dock, public restrooms and a well...
4.50 (347 reviews)
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Cellon Oak Park
Park
ππ This park is so peaceful. The live oak is magnificent to see and imagine all the years of change it has survived! I love going there to just have quiet time. The park is always clean, well manicured, and there are a few picnic tables in the shade. I hope this tree continues to survive for a long tim...
4.70 (117 reviews)
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Jonesville Park
Park
ππ Wonderful place to have some outside time with family!
4.50 (181 reviews)
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Lake Alto Park
Park
ππ We love the park. Very calm and beautiful. What a great place to just walk around, talk, take your favorite person, explore, take pictures, enjoy nature and all is beauty. I highly recommend Lake Alto Park to everyone.
4.40 (219 reviews)
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Owen Illinois Park
Park
π Nice and quiet and peaceful out here next to the lake beautiful trees and good employees that work for this conservation land I just picked up four bags of trash today unfortunately people don't know how to put trash in the garbage cans it's sad to see this all over the United States if I was govern...
4.60 (112 reviews)
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Sweetwater Overlook
Park
ππ I think one of the best sunset spots in town. Would recommend the hike to the spot. Doesn't have a restroom or water near by.
4.70 (46 reviews)
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Gainesville- Hawthorne State Trail Parking
Park
ππ So far, so good, with the "Rochelle Parking Lot." Have parked there many times, starting bike rides there.
I would definitely encourage anyone who's going to start a ride there, to not leave anything that looks like it could be valuable where it can be seen, and to lock your car because there's alwa...
4.70 (46 reviews)
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Palm Point Park
Park
ππ Back in 1976 I was a student at the University of Florida and earned extra money by teaching a class in biology and local zoology at the Florida State museum. Several times back then I took groups of students to this location along beautiful Newnan lake. I was happy to find it just as beautiful and...
4.50 (57 reviews)