At Linear Park in Palm Coast, immersion within the outdoor is obtainable for all ages and talents. Picnic pavilions and a playground are close to a canoe launch into the St. Joe Waterway.
Trails for mountaineering and biking radiate from its core. A StoryWalk walks by means of the pages of an image e-book on a numbered route alongside a central paved loop.
Playground and StoryWalkArduous-packed pure floor trails discover deeper into the woods, every with its mileage posted at entry factors.
Past the two mile stroll outlined, interconnections with the St. Joe Walkway and the Graham Swamp Path allow you to prolong this hike nicely past the boundaries of Linear Park.
The St. Joe Walkway connects to different Palm Coast parksAssets
Overview
Location: Palm CoastLength: 2 milesTrailhead: 29.559931, -81.194695Address: 31 Greenway Ct, Palm CoastFees: FreeRestroom: On the trailheadLand Supervisor: Metropolis of Palm CoastPhone: 386-986-2323
Open 7 AM to 7 PM. Leashed canines welcome; choose up after your pet. Mosquito repellent suggested.
Nature walks supplied; see kiosk or their web site for particulars.
Instructions
Hike
From the parking space, stroll across the left facet of the playground to observe the paved path between it and the restrooms.
Bear proper in entrance of a picnic pavilion, coming as much as a bridge. Take the signposted Palmetto Path to the fitting.
Pathway to the Palmetto PathA showy cinnamon fern spreads its fronds in from of a financial institution of sword fern backed by noticed palmetto.
Arduous-packed orange sands kind the curving route previous stands of palmetto underneath the oaks and pines.
Orange-tinted sands from coquinaSlash pines, laurel and dwell oaks, and cabbage palms shade the pathway by means of this mesic hammock.
A wood span bridges a slender ephemeral channel. Maintain alert for mountain bikes on a singletrack that crosses the footpath.
BridgeThe cover lifts, sweetgum becoming a member of the combo because the understory turns into denser. Spherical a curve underneath the towering bushes, briefly rising right into a sunny grassy clearing.
The “Poison Ivy” signal quickly after refers back to the title of the singletrack bike path at its subsequent crossing.
Curve earlier than the Poison Ivy crossingMidway by means of the loop, the habitat shifts to a leafy hardwood hammock. Sand dwell oaks lean over the footpath.
At a sunny, grassy curve, meet a junction with an incoming path from a crosswalk over the eastbound lanes of Palm Coast Parkway.
Incoming pathA directional signal quickly after adjoins one other bridge over the ephemeral waterway and the following Poison Ivy Path crossing.
Cross between stout-trunked dwell oaks, snaking round a sequence of curves near the singletrack.
Curve the place trails contactExiting the Palmetto Path after a half mile, flip proper to observe the paved path previous a picnic pavilion again to the playground.
Use the trail on the fitting to achieve the bridge at first of the Palmetto Path to the St. Joe Canal Pathway, signposted because the St. Joe Walkway all through the park.
Bridge over the St. Joe CanalCrossing the canal, proceed straight throughout the linear path underneath the powerlines to the following pure floor loop.
An interpretive signal marks the beginning of the Sabal Palm Path, a stroll into an old-growth hardwood hammock.
Begin of the Sabal Palm PathRegardless of its title, tall, thick-trunked pines and dwell oaks dominate the cover. The primary stand of palms gives a backdrop to an unbelievable specimen of a dwell oak.
Its higher branches bear thick streamers of Spanish moss. Bluestem palm, their folded fronds shaking in each breeze, shelter underneath American beautyberry.
Large bushes within the hammockThough site visitors on Palm Coast Parkway rumbles shut, the forest is thick sufficient to blot out seeing automobiles move by.
After a number of curves, face a gap the place slash pines rise in an adjoining flatwoods.
Pine flatwoodsBurrow into the shadowy cover once more, the transition to mesic hammock apparent as areas open between the bushes.
Sabal (cabbage) palms reappear because the footpath attracts to its conclusion, the splash of vibrant gentle forward the St. Joe Walkway.
Conclusion of the Sabal Palm PathRising onto the pavement at 0.7 miles, flip proper. Stroll a tenth of a mile on the pavement underneath the powerlines to move the bridge again to the trailhead.
Crossing it to the parking space ends in a 0.9 mile hike. For the longer stroll, proceed alongside the paved hall previous the doorway to the Sabal Palm Path.
Resolution level for longer routeSimply previous it’s a small arboreteum. Edging each side of the St. Joe Walkway, the linear path proceeds underneath the ability strains, curving proper at a Crosswalk Forward signal.
Tunnel by means of a thicket of understory to a crosswalk at Colbert Lane at a mile. Cross fastidiously.
Colbert Lane crosswalkProceed by means of the hammock and switch off the pavement onto the Reside Oak Path. Tall pines rise above the dwell oaks that cover this natural-surface arc to the north of the paved path.
Cross by means of a grassy space within reach of Palm Coast Parkway, slipping away from it beneath fern-laden cabbage palms and crimson cedars.
Reside Oak PathRising on the St. Joe Walkway, flip left to begin the return journey in direction of the trailhead. At 1.2 miles, cross a bridge on the fitting to start the Magnolia Path.
Diving into the plush hammock, move the doorway to a different off-road bicycle path, Woop Woop.
Begin of the Magnolia Path and entry to Woop WoopThe paved path wriggles underneath a wide ranging cover of old-growth forest, with towering magnolias beneath the traditional dwell oaks.
The place the singletrack bike path crosses, an out of doors ampitheater occupies a shaded area of interest.
Lush coverTurning a nook, briefly parallel Palm Coast Parkway to a site visitors gentle at Colbert Lane at 1.5 miles.
The crosswalk to the fitting connects Linear Park to the Graham Swamp Path. To return to the Linear Park trailhead, proceed throughout Colbert Lane utilizing the crosswalk sign.
Colbert Lane crossingMake a left to stroll the sidewalk beside Colbert Ln, crossing the doorway street to Linear Park at Greenway Ct.
Proceed alongside the pedestrian facet of the bridge over the St. Joe Canal, the place the Shredding It mountain bike path begins on its south facet.
Pedestrian bridge alongside Colbert LaneAssembly the St. Joe Walkway at 1.7 miles, seal the western loop by means of Linear Park. Flip proper to return east alongside this paved hall.
Cross the bridge over the canal previous the Sabal Palm Path. Return to the trailhead to finish a 2 mile stroll.
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Articles collectively researched, written, and photographed by Sandra Buddy & John Keatley, Florida authors and publishers of FloridaHikes.com.
