Picayune Strand State Forest Campground

Nirvana for birders

This is not a particularly pretty area and walking any distance is a challenge. The deep sandy trails can exhaust you, especially in the heat. So why did I give it a 4 out of 5? Because it is a gre...

Not Our Type of Place

We live in St. Pete and since the start of Covid this is our first road trip. We are staying in Napes for a week. When looking at Google Map of the area, I saw this forest list. Normally I would ch...

Plan to spend some time here

We drove through on Everglades Pkwy and Leonard blvd. It is mostly two-lane dirt roads. The only drawback to the day was that the fakahatchee Strand Preserve manager had taken it upon himself to ill...

in the Everglades

Palm trees and nature are beautiful, there are plenty of birds, deers, etc. A ranger told us they also regularly see bears but we never saw one. We enjoy going there to ride our bikes because it's ver...

Do not go to Picayune Strand State Forest

We drove to the forest on Everglades Blvd andpaid our fee at 52nd street. Luckily we had our SUV since the roads are terrible. We had hoped to hilke Sabal Palm but there are very few “road” signs and ...