Brownville Park - Arcadia, Florida - The Great Florida Birding Trail on Waymarking.com

Located just north of Arcadia, Florida on the scenic Peace River is the Brownville Park. The park is owned and maintained by the DeSoto County Board of County Commissioners and was built with financial assistance provided by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection through the Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program.

According to the GFBWT website the park has the following:

"Two trails at this small rural park lead you through floodplain forest and hardwood hammocks along the Peace River. The short nature trail in the southwest corner of the park begins at the campground; walk south along the river and an idyllic, cypress-lined stream in search of songbirds, dragonflies and butterflies. A longer trail system north of the campground meanders along the river, the northern boundary and back through the wooded interior of the park, where woodpeckers, Barred Owl, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Eastern Towhee occur all year. Spring and fall bring migrants like Blackburnian Warbler; watch for skulkers like Ovenbird and Gray Catbird in winter. Osprey, Bald Eagle and Swallow-tailed Kite travel along the river corridor, so don’t forgot to look up now and then. Mornings and evenings are good times to spot mammals such as Bobcat, Marsh Rabbit, Northern River Otter and Northern Raccoon. Butterflies such as Queen, Monarch and Gulf Fritillary are quite common. A boat ramp enables visitors to venture north or south of the park where paddlers may encounter egrets, herons and ibises. Fossil hunters and airboats are sometimes present on the river."

The park is located at 1885 NE Brownville Rd., Arcadia, 34266
Phone (863) 491-5333
Open Daily, 8:00am to sundown

More information can be found at:

Brownville Park website: (visit link)

GFBWT website: (visit link)

Managing Agency: DeSoto County Parks and Recreation Cluster Name: South Section County: DeSoto County

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