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In order to assist you in planning a visit to Natural North Florida, select from any of the recommended Themed Trips below. After viewing the suggested businesses and/or events associated with a particular trip, you will also have the option of adding the trip to your itinerary and then customizing it to your needs. |
- Family Farms and Fun Weekend suggestion
Our food grows in little Styrofoam containers and “sprouts” on grocery shelves, right? In a time when most people have never set foot on a farm, there is a new movement to learn where food comes from and experience rural ways of life.
Natural North Florida is full of great agri-tourism venues that let "City folk" experience life in real rural farms and agricultural settings.
Day 1:
Start at any of the area farmer's markets. Open seasonally, most have great produce, baked goods and live music.
Admission to Mill Creek Farm (Retirement Home for Horses) is 2 carrots, but you may want to bring a bunch and stroll the beautiful equine sanctuary between Alachua and High Springs. Then head to Floyd's Diner on 441 in High Springs.
For the afternoon head to either the Butterfly Rainforest in Gainesville or the Greathouse Butterfly Farm in Earlton, or both if you're feeling adventuresome!
Day 2: Next head over to Dudley Farms Historic State Park on State Road 26 west of Gainesville to see how life on an 18th century farm was lived. The family can shuck corn, feed chickens and help out with farm chores.
Head just a little more west and have a late lunch at Newberry's Backyard Barbecue for some down home cookin'. Depending on the time of year, there are several U-Pick Farms to try that afternoon, to take home a bit of local food.
- Suwannee River Wilderness Trail
Way Down Upon the Suwannee River...Travel from White Springs to Live Oak on the upper Suwannee. Then at Branford the River widens.
The Suwannee River Wilderness Trail follows the river but is set as a hub and spoke system to allow travelers to explore the Suwannee River Valley.
Stay at the luxury cabins at each of the hubs, or camp at the raised platforms at each river camp.
Go to www.suwaneeriver.com for more information.
- Peddle Power - Bicycle across North Florida
There are some great bicycle routes in North Florida.
From the Nature Coast State Trail that runs through Trenton and Chiefland, to the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail, to the Madison "Loop" (pictured here) there are many places to explore.
- Antique and Arts Trail
Starting in the west at Havana, there are authentic little towns full of art and antiques to explore throughout North Florida.
We've listed more places than you can possibly explore, in hopes that at least some will spark your interest and head you on an antique and art treasure hunt through the region.
Day 1: Havana and Quincy
Day 2: Tallahassee and Madison
Day 3: Lake City to High Springs
Day 4: Gainesville to Micanopy
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Peddle Power - Bicycle across North Florida
Family Farms and Fun
Antique and Arts Trail
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