Turkey Creek Sanctuary has been our quiet wildness escape on the Space Coast (east) of Florida. We’ve spent many days simply wandering the trails, cameras in hand, snapping photos of flowers, animals and bugs. Always staying hours longer than we intended to. This park offers a unique atmosphere, tucked away in the middle of Palm Bay, you will feel miles away from suburbia. A combination of nature trails, jogging trails and boardwalks weave through the park, offering something for everyone. Each time we visited, the park offered us something new to see and experience. Over the 2 months we spent in Florida, we were able to see Turkey Creek Sanctuary transform during the spring months. Flowers bloomed, tent caterpillars emerged and baby tortoises hatched. It was amazing to see the surroundings change from week to week. It would be fantastic to visit year round.
I can’t say enough about how much we enjoyed this park, so I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Boardwalk entrance
One of the many types of butterflies
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Grasshopper
Walk slowly, look closely and you’ll see small creatures like this ant.
Baby gopher tortoise
Adult gopher tortoise
Lizard
Raccoon who’s about to steal my bag!
I do love handstands!
Squirrel
Sunbathing turtles
Purple powder puff flower
Green lizard
tent caterpillars
Florida wildflowers
Vine on the boardwalk
Huntsman spider (missing a leg)
Kermit!! Cuban tree frog
Boardwalk
More Boardwalk. We loved all the writing on the boards.
If you would like to visit Turkey Creek Sanctuary, it can be found in Palm Bay, Florida. 1502 Port Malabar Blvd NE. The trails are open daily from 7am till sunset.
Jill is the founder, writer, photographer and travel agent at Chasing Adventure Travel. An adventure travel blog that has morphed into a travel agency, specializing in Active and Adventurous Travels.
Jill has traveled worldwide and spent almost 2 years traveling continuously with her husband. She has traveled to resorts, crossed an ocean on a cruise ship, motorcycled multiple times around Europe and experienced self-guided long term travel.
~ Dreamer, doer and energetic go-getter. Curiosity has inspired adventurous world travel. Imagination is everything ~
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