Snorkeling in Faver- Dykes

Located 15 miles south of Saint Augustine that borders Pellicer Creek down to the Matanzas River is a designated canoe trail in Florida. Faver- Dykes State Park is a popular site for bird- watching, nature tripping, summer camping and outdoor picnic.

Aside from all of those activities, it is also as great snorkeling in Faver- Dykes. It has such a pristine condition with an aquatic preserve where you can see the abundance of marine life. Both saltwater and freshwater species can be caught like the red drum, black drum, sheepshead, spotted seatrout and common snook. There are also huge mouth bass and bream that comes closer to the headwaters of the creek.

After snorkeling in Faver- Dykes, you can trek the one half mile loop. One trail begins nearby the picnic location and heads along the pine flatwoods into the scrub. Another is set in the camping ground where it leads to the hardwood hammock. There are also park boundary and back wood roads that you can choose for hiking. However, you need to make arrangements with the staff for you to enter.

You can also opt to see the flying animals because the park has more than one hundred bird species especially during the spring and fall migrations. There are songbirds, wood warblers, eagles and falcons that return to their nests each year. Wading egrets, wood storks, white ibis and kingly herons feed in the tidal marshes.

This Florida state park is also an abode to deer, turkeys, hawks, bobcats, foxes and river otters. It is such an interesting place to visit where there is even an abundance of trees, shrubs and wildflowers. When you travel down the unpaved park drives under a canopy of live oaks, there is a covered resurrection of fern and green- fly orchid. Some rare plants grow including the Indian pipe, spring coralroot ad Florida coontie.

If snorkeling in Faver- Dykes is not much of your thing, you can choose to go canoeing. The tributaries offer a charming venue to observe the flora and fauna wildlife. They can be rented even for advanced reservations.

Picnicking is also an alternative for those who are not into snorkeling in Faver- Dykes. It has all the facilities that you need to complement with those al fresco plans. There two covered pavilions with other tables and grills that are located all throughout. The site has a close proximity to the creek that affords a short- walk to the fishing dock. It is located under a canopy of huge, old with long- leaf pine trees which create a soft- ground cover of pine needles and great amount of shade as you enjoy the clean breeze.