Jelks Preserve

Beautiful, peaceful walk through "old time Florida"

Lovely walk through a very peaceful preserve. It's true there is some damage from wild pigs, however this is a nature preserve, and wild pigs are part of nature so it should be expected. My husband ...

Overall a nice afternoon hike!

Nice local trail suitable for all hikers. Wide trails could be used for biking. During the week there are very few people on the trails.

Great trail with a variety of terrain

This is one of our favorite local trails. There are three stops that overlook the river (accessed via offshoots from the main trail) with picnic tables or benches. A trail map is handy for the f...

Deep sand trails

We were looking forward to trying a new preserve for our daily walk. However, the trails at Jelks Preserve are like walking down a sandy beach without a gulf or ocean view. The trails had recently bee...

Nice Hike

I downloaded the map from the website. There are lots of options. We went on the trail straight down to the river. Then we went down some smaller trails off of that trail. There were many beautiful tr...