Many of the land in Crescent Lake Conservation Space consists of wetland habitats, with a deal with movement and filtration of floor water throughout the floodplain.
This property protects over 3,500 acres and serves an important function within the space’s pure hydrology together with adjoining Haw Creek State Park and close by Haw Creek Protect.
A multi-use loop path traverses uplands on the western aspect, the place a primitive tent tenting space affords a lined pavilion, electrical energy, and non-potable water.
Primitive campsiteSources
Overview
Location: SevilleLength: 3.5 milesTrailhead: 29.351750, -81.469306Address: 654 Raulerson Rd, SevilleFees: FreeRestrooms: Portalet on the primitive campsite.Land supervisor: St. Johns River Water Administration AreaPhone: 386-329-4404
Open 24 hours. Leashed canines welcome. Tenting is drive-up and free, and requires a web based reservation upfront.
Instructions
Hike
Passing by a fence hole on the parking space, start the hike alongside a crushed shell entry highway main right into a grassy forest dotted with pines.
In a brief distance, the vast pathway passes an data kiosk with a big property map on the entrance and a extra detailed path map on the again.
Trailhead kioskReaching a bend within the highway in 1 / 4 mile, observe white, diamond formed markers because the path leads northward beneath the shade of dwell oaks draped with Spanish moss.
At 0.4 miles, flip proper to start the loop portion of the path in a counterclockwise route.
Earlier than reaching the primitive tenting space, the path narrows and veers off to the precise, dipping away from the grime highway.
Combined hammockLoblolly bay and noticed palmetto crowd the sides of the trail because it weaves throughout barely contoured terrain and emerges alongside the sting of an open pine flatwoods.
Throughout sure instances of the 12 months, the sun-drenched forest flooring is dotted with an array of colourful wildflowers.
Wildflowers within the pine flatwoodsCircling across the pine forest, proceed in direction of the floodplain the place dense stands of blended hardwoods shade an sometimes soggy hall.
At 2.3 miles, flip left after which take a right away proper at a tough junction the place the panorama shortly transitions again to flatwoods.
Alongside the floodplainA set of comparatively straight, grass carpeted pathways lead southward because the path meanders round dense moist flatwoods dotted with bay and sweetgum.
Shut the loop at 3.1 miles. From this level, proceed straight, following white blazes again to the trailhead in 0.4 miles.
Mowed path by the pinesPath Map
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Path Map (PDF) Reserve Campsite Official Web site
