Stepping out of your Santa Rosa Beach condo rental to take in some fresh air certainly has its perks. You can slip some exercise time into your vacation as well as explore the surrounding Florida state parks. Allow yourself to get to know this part of sunny Florida by taking on any of its scenic trails.
Lake Views
Your stay at the Watercolor vacation home gives you access to what Reserve America hailed as one of the top Hiking Trails, among its other awards. At Topsail Hill, you can escape to the woods, admire the tall pine trees and ferns, and melt your cares away as you go along its many paved surfaces.
This well-kept park has the Morris Lake Nature Trail. Following this 2.5-mile route would bring you to the Morris lakeshore, a marsh with a boardwalk, and the famed sand dunes. You can also search for some iron tracks left over from a war. If you'll try the five-mile Campbell Lake Nature Trail, you might just spot some egrets, raccoons, and other wildlife. Once you have your fill with your nature encounter, you can take comfort of the park's short distance to the beaches and the conveniences of the city.
Trail Loops and a Coastline
Bikers and hikers share the Eastern Lake Trail System at Point Washington. For a buck, you can use the trail system for its three, five, or ten-mile loop. Find the Eden State Gardens where a stately Wesley home of an erstwhile family stored their collection of antiques. Stroll along its gardens filled with oak trees dripping in moss. The picturesque landscape is enough reward for the good hike.
Down at Grayton Beach, you can follow the Hobbit Hole trail or the park's Nature Trail where you'll get to experience what it's like to be in the midst of a scrub or be treated to views from the dunes' tops. The signs and the information leaflets at the ranger station can aid you in identifying its features, like the pine flat woods that you'll see along the way.
Roam around the Gulf's beaches to watch the sunset dip into the green waters. If you're up for it, take the ten-mile path at Highway 30-A where you'll be trekking by the coast and some communities. The wind activity in the area had resulted to the Western Lake wherein a variety of plant and wildlife species thrive among its shallow waters.
Dune Lake
As a park that contains the rare coastal dune lake -- a body of water where fresh and salt waters collide -- Deer Lake promises you the nicest views of the Gulf along the 30-A route. The photo opportunities for the flora and fauna like the large-leafed joint weed, Godfrey's golden aster, and others that survive in this ecosystem will thrill any nature lover. The park itself has plenty of trails for you to explore where more natural features can be discovered within its 172-acre area.
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