Like to go birding? If so, the Great Florida Birding Trail is for you. Approximately 2,000 miles of trails exist from the Florida panhandle all the way to the Keys. Trails are located on public lands where you may enjoy the sites and sounds of nature along the self-guided routes.

Don’t know your way around to the sites? No problem. There are four guide books that provide detailed directions, maps, and habitat type of the lands within the birding trail system. Download the West Florida guide book (PDF, 2.95MB), which covers much of the north-central area of the state or visit the Great Florida Birding Trail website to learn more about this exciting and beautiful resource.

The Suwannee River Water Management District holds the title to several lands within the birding trail system. Contact the District to request a copy of the District’s Recreation Guide and head into the woods to these tracts:

• Big Shoals 
• Andrews 
• Ellaville*
• Sullivan*
• Holton Creek 
• Jennings Bluff 
• Falling Creek Falls 

*Both the Ellaville and Sullivan tracts are part of Twin Rivers State Forest.