Greeneyes Wildlife Preserve – Florida Hikes

Positioned within the northwestern nook of Orange County, Greeneyes Wildlife Protect serves as a small, although essential puzzle piece of wildlife hall close to Wekiwa Springs State Park.

Opened to the general public in 2025, this former slash pine farm helps shocking biodiversity.

The path system is effectively marked and maintained, consisting of two quick loops designated mountaineering solely.

Exploring the protect

Assets

Overview

Location: ApopkaLength: 0.9 milesTrailhead: 28.757583, -81.525722Address: 951 W Kelly Park Rd, ApopkaFees: FreeRestrooms: NoLand supervisor: Orange CountyPhone: 407-836-1400

Open dawn to sundown. Leashed canines welcome.

Instructions

Hike

Starting subsequent to a spherical picnic desk within the nook of the parking space, head via a niche within the fence, passing an informative show concerning the protect.

Inexperienced path markers with arrows prepared the ground alongside a pine needle strewn pathway bordered by tall grasses and dogfennel.

Path entrance

Alongside the route, a number of interpretive indicators present detailed information about numerous burrowing animals and their relationship with this habitat.

Reaching a junction in a tenth of a mile, flip proper to stay on the inexperienced loop.

Interpretive signage

The understory thins out, revealing a scattering of noticed palmetto, beautyberry, persimmon, and numerous shrubby oaks.

Because the path winds into the northern finish of the protect, it begins to journey throughout the undulating terrain of barely rolling hills.

Inexperienced Path

An assortment of wildflowers dot the open panorama, from golden asters and blazing stars to sandhill milkweed and maypop passionflowers.

Florida greeneyes might be discovered all through the protect, sporting distinctive inexperienced and yellow flowers from spring via autumn.

Greeneyes in bloom

Close to the half mile mark, a well-placed picnic desk sits in the course of a small clearing subsequent to a put up indicating the yellow aspect loop.

It is a nice spot to take a relaxation, far sufficient from the street to dim visitors noise.

Picnic spot

Observe yellow markers and blazes alongside the quick aspect loop, crossing wavy topography and passing a country wood bench earlier than returning to the picnic spot in 1 / 4 mile.

From this level, head east a tenth of a mile to complete the inexperienced loop, and one other tenth of a mile again to the trailhead.

Yellow loop

Path Map

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Climbing Greeneyes Wildlife Protect

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Alongside together with his spouse Chelsey, Chris Stevens shares outside adventures on Instagram and Fb as @sunshinestateseekers and is a co-host of a podcast about Florida’s outside, The Florida Madcaps. An avid hiker and camper, Chris serves as a Trailmaster and a board member for the Florida Path Affiliation.

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