This preserve provides access to beautiful trails for hiking, and running, and even provides access to Alafia River for fishing. This makes for a great place to get out and enjoy some sun and nature. The trail is a 5.5 mile loop. Heading east from the trailhead, follow the yellow blazes down an access road, passing a shelter with picnic tables to the left. To the right, oddly straight rows of closely packed trees stand perpendicular to the trail, remnants of an old laurel oak farm.