Chinsegut WEA Big Pine Tract

I think this is a pretty special place though not huge. There are two Chinsegut locations. One is has an education center and the other this. It has some unique birds though they are more of a continuation of the general area - Withlacoochie Croom Tract. Red headed woodpeckers, bluebirds, and just in general interesting birds. Some forests deer seem to just own. Rock Springs Run reminds me of this - you'd walk around and 7 deer would just fly across the trail by you. The general layout is you enter and it's a big loop with a half-way short cut. It has old pines - you can spot some that have damage from when they drained sap to make turpentine here. Below the pines is just general scrubby growth rather than palmettos in some other areas. The entire loop starts out at a high point and has a fair amount of altitude change (for Florida) as it goes to the furthest point from the entrance. So it's like it's all on a big hillside. Pretty nice forest. Also - there's more on the other side of the highway I haven't explored enough to make much comment on yet other than that it seems more oak than pine.

More the other Chinsegut location than this - they are very active - meaning they have lots of activities scheduled and the staff is extra cool / friendly / energetic.