Explore Undiscovered North Florida. The Big Bend Scenic Byway will Transport You to a Different Time and Place through its Wildlife, Waterways, Woods, and Way of Life
DAY TRIPS
Coastal Trail: See beaches, strand, march and scrub as you journey along Florida's Forgotten Coast.
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Forest Trail: Travel through pine forest, hardwood hammocks, grasslands, streams and rivers.
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TWO-DAY LOOP DRIVE
For the best of both worlds, take the two-day Loop Drive, starting and ending in Tallahassee at the Regional Airport. The route can be accessed from several points and divided into multiple day trips.
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Visitors Experiences
"We returned to the Wakulla River on the way home, and paddled south. After coming back to the boat ramp, we paddled north for about 15 minutes and found these Manatees! Spent another hour with them before going home - very cool!
As we headed back to the ramp, the sun was low and poked out of the overcast. A very strong rainbow developed to the southeast, and then wave after wave of cormorants started appearing, flying upriver. I counted 50+ birds in each V, up to 100 in some, and there were close to 20 full-size Vs that passed us. As each passed overhead, with whirring wing beats very audible, the next approaching V was visible over the canopy downriver - they just kept coming and coming... just outstanding! Looking back upriver, several Vs were always visible, receding into the distance. It was a moment of true wildness...."
Bob and Vickie Godshalk
Gainesville, Florida
November 2008
VISITORS EXPERIENCES
"We returned to the Wakulla River on the way home, and paddled south. After coming back to the boat ramp, we paddled north for about 15 minutes and found these Manatees!"
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BYWAY COMPLETE GUIDE
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BIG BEND SCENIC BYWAY STORY
Come and take a drive on the ”Wild Side” along Florida’s Big Bend Scenic Byway where theme parks and bright lights give way to horizons of towering pines and blue-green Gulf waters.
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