Discover Welaka State Forest on a 5 mile footpath that winds along ecotones and hugs the bluffs of the St. Johns River to showcase the natural wonders that botanist William Bartram documented in 1774.| Florida Hikes
A gentle 1.7-mile hike leads to Mud Spring, a natural basin in Welaka State Forest pumping out up to 1.4 million gallons of water daily into the St. Johns River.| Florida Hikes
A stop along the Bartram Trail, the Beecher Run Nature Trail at Welaka National Fish Hatchery provides a walk beneath ancient pines along the edge of the hatchery ponds, which are fed by historic Beecher Spring.| Florida Hikes
