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Description:
Two separate tracts feature a nature center, boardwalk, and miles of trails
through habitats that include sandhills, freshwater marshes and prairies,
hardwood hammocks and the second-largest contiguous tract of old growth
longleaf pine in Florida.
Watchable Wildlife:
Gopher
tortoises inhabit the sandhills areas, while bull frogs, pig frogs, gopher
frogs, barking tree frogs, dwarf sirens and tiger salamanders find refuge in
the shallow waters of May’s Prairie. A variety of herons, egrets, ibises and
wood ducks are found year-round on the prairie, and ring-necked ducks,
lesser scaups and hooded mergansers are reliable winter visitors. More than
seven species of snakes reside here, as well as, pileated and red-headed
woodpeckers, warblers (black and white, yellow-throated, pine and palm),
hermit thrushes and summer tanagers. Toad species include oak, southern,
eastern narrowmouth and spadefoot.
Ownership:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Contact:
(352) 754-6722
Directions:
Chinsegut Nature Center is located seven miles north of Brooksville on U.S.
41, then one mile west on S.R. 476.
Related Sites:
Other West Central Florida Wildlife Sites
Florida State
Parks |
Wildlife Viewing Site
