Ocala National Forest

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Ocala National Forest

by Angus Barlow
(Wildwood, Florida)

Lots of neat hiking trails and primitive camp grounds. This is a huge quiet spot right in the middle of the state.

See the "big scrub", mentioned in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Yearling". Swim in Juniper Springs, Silver Glenn Springs, just wander around.

Go to the eastern edge at Astor and eat in one of the restaurants on the St. Johns River.

Go up State Road 19 until you see the sign leading you to Fort Gates. There you will take a one car capacity ferry across the St. Johns River just north of Lake George.

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Note From Florida Backroads Travel:

Angus: check out the January 2012 issue of our Florida Heritage Travel e-zine. I have written a review of the Blackwater Inn in Astor.

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