Best places: Nature preserves in Lake Wales, United States

This lake with a tranquil atmosphere is known for its waterfowl such as swans, geese & ducks.

Drive-thru wildlife & safari park offering airboat tours, alligator-handling shows & a petting zoo.

👍👍 I come here a lot. It's a great place to get out and paddle. I usually go during the weekdays where it's not busy at all. The guys at the paddling center are very helpful if you need a rental or if you want to go on a tour. If you bring your own vessel and want to go on your own, the launch is free....

Prairie & flatwood conservation area with lakes on over 63,000-acres of former cattle ranching land.

This 362-acre recreational area & nature preserve features cross-country trails & wildlife viewing.

👍👍 Tenoroc is a fantastic place with a variety of ways to enjoy. They have a shooting range, multiple ponds that have been overseen to hold monster bass, and even a fishing pier for kids. The lakes are part of the old phosphate mining operation and can reach depths of 50 ft in places with steep banks...

👍👍 It is a very nice place with beautiful and clearly marked trails. Most of the sections of the trails are covered with thick grass like a carpet, very comfortable to walk. There were many animal droppings and birds. So the reservation is successful.

This 1,173-acre nature reserve offers a kiosk, wildlife viewing & dog-friendly, multi-use trails.

👍 Nice park with flat, well maintained trails. Pretty area, but not many points of interest. Pay close attention to the trail markers - there are many well maintained trails that are not shown on the map, so it is easy to get off track. I would recommend taking a screen shot of the park map from the w...

👍👍 Singletrack. Service roads. Bridges. Ponds. Gators. Hogs. Birds. Picnic tables. The Preser8at SNL has it all, including butt loads of fun.

Scenic nature preserve featuring a small, primitive campground & trails in a serene setting.

👍👍 This trail is just beautiful. The beginning is a small trek through sugar sand and sun, but if you can pull through that (it is not very long) you enter the world of the Land Before Time. The Bluffs are beautiful. You can always see Garr or Catfish swimming by, turtles and lush plants. If you have a...

😐 I rated it 3 stars because the ramp is extremely slick and nasty and the grass areas around the dock need cleaning up. The parking area is very limited unless you want to drive up over a curb. I chose this launch area because it was conveniently located at the top of the winterhaven...

👍👍 Home to some Florida Panthers. If you go often enough your chances of seeing this rare and elusive cat increase exponentially. Twice I’ve seen them. Once about 2/3 of the way down School Bus Rd from the north the other while hiking on the trail by Lake Arbuckle. The entire area doesn’t have many vis...

👍 Follow the old railroad tram road east to the catwalk and covered pavilion to a nice wet prairie surrounded by a cypress head. This is a Polk County Environmental Land and is free for hiking biking and horseback riding. There is a very primitive campground available for camping by permit and a loo...

👍👍 Nice quite place to just walk and relax and enjoy the views.

👍👍 Nice prices clean area good food.