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Depot Park
Park
This large park features a playground & splash pad, lawns, a large pond with a promenade & more.
4.80 (4K reviews)
4
UF Bat Houses
Wildlife refuge
These structures house hundreds of thousands of bats that emerge on warm evenings just after sunset.
4.80 (884 reviews)
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Wilshire Trails
City park
Riverside public park area with a covered bridge, gazebos, walking trails & on-site restrooms.
4.80 (732 reviews)
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Tu Viện A Nan
Buddhist temple
👍👍 Great place to visit/walk around to clear your mind. There are little “houses” for you to mediate throughout the place. Highly recommend bringing bugs repellent since there are lots of mosquitoes.
They host praying sessions every Sunday morning, too.
4.80 (200 reviews)
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Leonard Park
Park
30-acre community park with a small zoo, ball fields, a large wooden playground & an aquatic center.
4.70 (1.1K reviews)
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Harn Museum of Art
Art museum
One of the largest university-affiliated museums in the U.S., it offers art from around the globe.
4.70 (884 reviews)
10
Alfred A. Ring Park
Park
A hiking trail runs through this densely forested park with a wildflower garden & play area.
4.70 (599 reviews)
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Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park
Park
👍👍 Beautiful park in the NW part of Gainesville. Recently renovated. There's a small museum, a large playground area, picnic tables in the shade, bird feeders that attract many species and a butterfly garden. Highly recommended
4.70 (429 reviews)
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San Felasco Park
Park
👍 For a Park that sits kind of in the middle of a city one would not really know it was so...if not for the occasional sound of traffic. At least you can't see traffic, but you can hear it. It's not enough to stop me from visiting every day tho! If I could help this great little treasure in any way, I...
4.70 (110 reviews)
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Linwood Nature Preserve
Park
👍👍 Dog friendly hiking trail, with a lot of tall trees and shade, you come down to the lake and it’s so nice and enjoyable. We really loved this, we saw a turtle and that was the highlight of our hike.
4.70 (76 reviews)