Plenty of parking in various spots, but we went on a slow day. All paved, lots of restrooms, lots…read moreof nature, and very clean. We loved it.

Western most rail to trails in Florida. Shady, paved, very slight grade heading north. Numerous…read moreroad crossings headed south. Bike repair stations, lots of benches and restrooms along trail. Paved, about 8 foot wide with low to moderate use. Visitors Center on trail had maps, picnic tables, very clean rest rooms and friendly rangers. All good

Great opportunity to see some nature, including fish, snakes, turtle, insects, and alligators. Only…read moredown side is occasionally loud people can take away from the experience and their is explicit language written on the walkway.

A real nice walk through some wet land and the best part is I am wearing flip flops with no care in…read morethe world for the mud under the walkway. Come check out this hidden trail to enjoy the outdoors and see some turtles, plants or trees with their scientific names attached or just for a date maybe. "10 minute walk roundtrip" Drive onto UWF and find Parking LOT G, from there follow the sidewalk leading down from the big building next to the forest and you will see a sign saying Edward Ball Nature Trail.

Best boardwalk nature trail from Florida to Maine!! Quiet, labeled trees, pitcher plants . ..easy…read more1.5 mile including forest.

As it descends through mixed pine-oak uplands, this charming and interesting 1.5-mile round-trip…read moretrail leads to a creek, beaver pond and associated wetlands. Listen for Red-breasted Nuthatches in fall in the uplands and Hermit Thrushes overwintering. At the water, Common Yellowthroats scold from brushy tangles and wading birds like Little Blue Herons and Least Bitterns are possible among the pitcher plants visible from the elevated boardwalk. Listen carefully for Barred Owl and Prothonotary and Hooded Warblers, all of which breed here. We went here to bird, but this is a must-see if you're into nature in any way, and in the area. The work someone did to build a first-rate boardwalk through a bog provides views rarely seen. They've also done a great job providing interpretative signage so you know what you're looking at. First rate facility -- except maybe for the restrooms. *** Directions: From the intersection of US 90/SR 10 and SR 87/Stewart St. in Milton, head north on SR 87/Stewart St. for 6.0 mi. following signs to NAS Whiting Field. Turn right (east) on CR 87A/Langley St. and go 1.0 mi. Turn left (north) at Magda Village, just before the entrance gate and proceed 0.2 mi. to the trailhead parking area. (Note: current construction activities may dictate that you must park and walk the 0.2 mi. to the trailhead). This area is part of a functioning military Naval Air Station and occasional noise from aircraft may occur. Access may be limited during times of elevated homeland security levels, so call in advance.

It's a beautiful float with atleast 10 beach banks- probably more but I lost count after 7. Water…read morewasn't as cold as expected. Parking is an additional $4

We had a great time today and Maddox was very helpful. My friends had flew off and he even turned…read morearound to get it. It was such a great trip 10/10

PLEASE READ THE REVIEWS AT THE BOTTOM. The reviews at the top are misleading…read more If you are looking up this place on Yelp, I would highly recommend that you turn around and go somewhere else if you value your life. This establishment is run by a shady couple who are racist and just want your money. A group of us went to kayak with this company because we found a good deal on groupon. A woman by the name of Hannah (Finnish accent) who we contacted by phone told us to meet her on the side of the highway and that she would take us to the kayaking site. After we got to the site we had to unload the kayaks from the trucks by ourselves and carry it to the river. Her husband, Will, showed up with the remaining kayaks 45 minutes later. They didn't know any of our names. They didn't have us fill out any personal information or emergency contact numbers in the event of an emergency. They handed us life jackets and told us that we didn't have to wear them if we didn't want to. Before we started kayaking, Will decided to lecture us on his Christian beliefs and how Hinduism & Buddhism were wrong. He kept insisting that the christian in our group should educate the hindus in our group about christianity. He then kept continuing this tirade about Jews, Evolution, 7 headed dragon ? We didn't receive any information regarding what to do in an emergency or how the water was in the river or what to expect. He just kept saying to stick to the florida side on the left. When we started kayaking, we found out that there was a strong current which lead our boat capsizing in the middle of the river. We were stuck in the middle of river perdido with no cell phone reception and hanging on to a tree stump for our dear lives hoping help would arrive. After 30 minutes, a couple who were hiking on the Alabama side of the river (Chelsea and Billy) risked their lives and their 2 dogs to help us ashore. When we called Will and told him what happened, he told us to get back on the kayak and to keep going despite the strong current. Whenever we called him he didn't know who we were or our names because he was bringing many people to kayak. These people have no idea how to run a kayak company and they really don't care about you. For all the troubles we went through he said he would give us a discount for our next trip and gave us sprite as consolation. NO THANK YOU. They use the low price on groupon to lure beginner level kayakers. BEWARE.

Truly an absurd (and, by the end, surreal) experience. I called the day before, was asked a quick…read morebarrage of questions (Kayaks, canoes, or tubes? What time? You know where it's at?), and found myself wondering why the person answering the phone had not asked for my name or phone number. It turns out that these details are trivial to a man with so much on his mind. Cut to the next day. My girlfriend and I are excited (we'd been looking forward to this for a month) as we hurriedly assemble our waterproofed supplies, sunscreen, bathing suits, etc. We make it to Fran's Country Grill (that is the address found above; the official address is a P.O. Box) at 12 P.M. sharp and... nothing. 20 minutes pass, so I give the number another call. "Oh, yep, I'll be there in 10 minutes." Still no inquiry regarding my name or phone number, which still had me scratching my head. I was still scratching my head 35 minutes later (don't overscratch those heads, kids), when we finally see a truck with the company name pull up. By this time we were both pretty steamed, and had been almost ready to cut our losses and spend our day off doing something else. If only he had taken 5 minutes longer, the rest of this... event could have been avoided. We have a bewildering 10 minute talk with a man who did not seem to introduce himself (and who did not ask my name), but who would later turn out to be named Will. This part is kind of a blur, but he apologizes for being late (he had, apparently, been left waiting by another group... understandable, though a phone call would have been nice), gives us directions to a parking area near the Perdido River, and tells us that he will meet us there in ten minutes. 25 minutes later (it is now nearing 1:30 P.M.), he shows up with a canoe, and this part is kind of a blur too. Let me explain: he seems like a personable fellow, but he talks. And talks. He told us about this particular landing, and then about the landing a mile down the river, about the nature trail leading there, and then about the local government agency which was cleaning things up, and then about how there is a place that we can reserve for up to 25 people at the landing down the river, and how we can make these reservations online, all the while occasionally veering back to the issue at hand: the river, how long the trip will take, etc. Imagine all of this delivered very rapidly, with 5 discrete ideas touched upon each minute. Dizzying and time consuming. I think that about 15 minutes passed. We finally get into the car, and something a bit traumatic happened. Will, upon getting a captive audience, becomes part bible scholar and part conspiracy theorist. Ignoring all social cues, he started in on a rich, savory stew of the following topics: the dead sea scrolls; how Jews influenced Google to replace "Yahweh" with "The Name" (these two topics took up much of our time); how the Jews prefer Elohim to YHWH, the former referring to many gods (Ra was one example), which Christians think refers to the trinity (but apparently doesn't); something about how Muslims consider Christians infidels for believing in a trinity, and how Jews consider both groups infidels... I'm going to stop here. I want to emphasize that I showed no interest whatsoever in any of these topics, except that I thought it was interesting that Google had indexed the dead sea scrolls. All he got from me otherwise were a variety of guttural sounds along the lines of "hm." Moving forward (my apologies, gentle reader, but I want you to be prepared): the Mayan calendar, 2012, and how it's going to be a catastrophe. This was all said with a gleam of zealotry that was not present in any of his previous intimations, as I believe that he was genuinely trying to keep us from harm. That did not stop this part from making me feel slightly used and trod upon. Apparently my girlfriend and I were just as "in the dark" as the last couple, as we did not know about the following: that the planets will line up in 2012, and that it will do "all sorts of stuff" to the tides; that not only the planets will lines up, but the SUN will line up, causing who knows what calamity; that astronomers are either ignoring or covering these phenomena up (look up 2012 on wikipedia... there's nothing to cover up, of course); interspersed with these grave admonitions was something about the Antikythera mechanism, an archaeological find that... I'm going to stop again, just because I'm tired, and you must be too. Suffice it to say that we didn't get in the water until about 2:15, and that all we could talk about was Will. We both felt uneasy, slightly disturbed, and more than a little upset. It's no fun to be held captive to social niceties (which I have since discarded, being on the internet) in a moving car with a stranger. We didn't know what, exactly, to be offended about, as his hour of speaking seemed to have no central thesis or upshot. We left the experience feeling drained. The river was nice.

Beautiful park and you can cross over to a look-out viewing station of the inter-coast. Great for a…read morewalk and to touch some grass. Every time I go to this park, I remember my uncle that migrated from Cuba in 61 and went to the Vietnam war.

What a great location and memorial for Veterans!…read more The first thing I noticed when I was parking, was the special purple space reserved for Combat Wounded Veterans. That's awesome! Veterans Memorial Park is adjacent to Admiral Mason Park. They share the 5.5 acres of land. The Veterans Memorial Park pays tribute to the American Revolution, Korean War, WWI, WWII, Marine Aviation, Submarine Vets, Purple Heart, Minuteman, Persian Gulf War, Gold Star Families, and Global War on Terror. They have reserved a spot for the future home for the Military War Dog Memorial. Veterans Memorial Park has been here since 1992. At the main entrance is a flag court with flags from each of the branches of our Military. There's a UH-1 Cobra Helicopter near Wall South. It's placement is visible from the road, but what is really cool is that when you are facing Wall South, the helicopter is high enough that it seems like it is hovering nearby! Wall South is a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. This wall has 58,315 names of the dead and missing. There's a lake in the Admiral Mason Park with walking trails and benches. It seems like a great place to hang out at. It was hot out, so I just took a quick look from the Veterans Memorial Park area. Something else to see nearby - just across Bayfront Parkway is Hawkshaw Lagoon Memorial Park, which has a sculpture called "The Sanctuary" by Sam Nettles. This is a National Memorial for Missing Children. Might be worth a little walk across the street to see. Be careful crossing the busy street because cars may not stop even though there is a marked pedestrian walkway. Thank you to all the veterans who have served our country and to those who are currently serving!

Lovely neighborhood park! Cute pond and lots of area for sports, working out, children and dogs to…read moreplay. Also has parking on site which is helpful.

This was a really nice and clean park. They had expanded since I last went to it a few years back…read more They had several walk/run paths around the park area; 1/4th mile and two 1/3 mile paths. The smallest, 1/4th mile, was around the water pond that has a water fountain going. There were two pavilions at opposite ends of that path. A few dicks have found their way here adding to the feel of the park. There is also a basketball court with benches. A playground with a couple of play gyms. I didn't venture toward that area as it was toward the back entrance of the park. Two large grass areas as well. This park was built where the old water treatment facility use to be. This place is a way better option. My only negative is it doesn't allow animals because this would be a great dog walking area. Service animals are allowed of course.

Great park tucked away. Nice pavilions to have your gatherings at. Enjoyed the water and watching…read morethe boats go past. The one thing was the port a potty's were not very clean. But overall a nice experience and will go back.