Tomoka State Park birding loop

 

Tomoka State Park birding loop


1.  Tomoka State Park (4.1 miles north of Granada Road, Route 40, in Ormond Beach).


2099 North Beach Street

Ormond Beach, Florida 32174

(386) 676-4050

a.  Nature Trail

b.  Tomoka/Halifax River basin

c.  Helicopter Island

d.  Tomoka River and salt marsh


2. Bulow Creek State Park, Fairchild Oak

(5.9 miles north of Tomoka on the right; Beach St. becomes Old Dixie Highway).


3351 Old Dixie Highway

Ormond Beach, Florida


3. Water bird observation tower

From Bulow S. P. continue north (right) on Old Dixie.  1.2 miles turn right onto Walter Boardman Road.  Continue .8 mile, park on the right.  Walk the trail across from the pull-off about .25 miles.  The observation deck is off the trail to the left.


Walter Boardman Road X Bulow Creek hiking trail

Ormond Beach, Florida


4. Smith Creek Landing and North Peninsula State Park

Continue on Walter Boardman Road, turn right onto High Bridge.  Smith Creek Landing is just across the Intra Coastal Waterway on the left, 2.0 miles.


High Bridge & Ocean Shore Blvd (A1A

Ormond-By-the-Sea, Florida


5. Tidal Marsh Restoration area

The pull off is on John Anderson Drive, on the right, just south of Smith Creek Landing.