St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Worth the trip

We rode our bikes from the visitor center to the lighthouse. Unfortunately, you have to share the road with cars, but it wasn't too bad. We saw quite a few birds, alligators, and they were doing con...

Huge Refuge Worth the Visit

After visiting the St. Marks Lighthouse, we asked the docent to recommend a walk where we might see alligators. Kim was great, she gave us a map, circled her recommendation & off we went. We ended up ...

Old Lighthouse with a History.

Nice bit didn’t see much wildlife. The lighthouse cool. You should probably think of this area as a hiking trail. Traffic was light. Nice people at the gatehouse with info and gifts.

Wonderful birding

This is run by the Fish & Wildlife Service. $5 per car - on the honor system. Drive a little ways & you come to the visitor center on the right side of the road. Open from 10am to 4pm. There's 2 b...

Very quiet and peaceful.

We biked from the visitor center to the lighthouse on a very hot day. Fortunately it was a weekday so there was no traffic on the road. On a cooler day it would be an awesome ride. The lighthouse was ...