Sunday - Weedon Island Preserve

Weedon Island Preserve
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/florida/weedon-island-preserve-trail
https://www.weedonislandpreserve.org
https://www.weedonislandpreserve.org/visitor-map.htm

Length: About 5 miles, if you hike all the trails
Address: 1800 Weedon Drive NE, St. Petersburg
Meeting Place: The Cultural and Natural History Center, there is a parking lot there.
Fees: Free
Restroom: at the visitor center
Pets: No pets allowed
Plan: From the Cultural & History Center, we will start off with the Tower Boardwalk Trail and the Riviera Trail. When we finish these, we will end up back at the Cultural Center. Anyone wanting a shorter hike can stop there. Anyone wanting a longer hike can continue on with the Upland Trail Loop (out and back and loop) , then the Lookout Point Trail (out and back), and finally the Boy Scout Trail (loop). Then we will finish off by taking the Upland Trail back to the Cultural Center and our cars.

Tunneling through mangrove forests and palm hammocks to overlooks on Tampa Bay, the trails of Weedon Island Preserve offer unique perspectives for birders.

With a network of easy accessible paths and tougher natural ones and a variety of lengths of hikes, the preserve delights hikers while also interpreting one of Florida’s ancient settlements.
Weedon Island Preserve is one of Florida’s more significant archaeological sites. A dugout canoe was discovered in the mud here and carbon-dated to 900 A.D.

What to Bring:

• Water
• Sunscreen
• Comfortable walking shoes
• Bug spray
• A hat or sunglasses
• A Camera

Looking forward to seeing you there!