Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Gainesville FL
Highlights from my walk around Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Gainesville FL, located on Williston Road. There are tons of birds there, as well as alligators, turtles, snakes, and other small creatures.
It's a birders paradise....
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Tour of Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Gainesville Florida
Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Gainesville Florida is one of my favorite wildlife parks. The park, which consists of more than 125 acres of wetlands and ponds, was created to improve the water quality of wetlands in Paynes Prairie and the Floridan Aquifer.
Location:
325 SW Williston Road
Gainesville, FL 32608
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Sweetwater Wetlands Park
The City of Gainesville. Florida, had a water quality problem that they solved in an innovative, cost effective way that also produced a great wildlife resource and ecotourism attraction. Sweet water Wetlands Park is a great example of creative solutions for improving our environment.
Sweetwater Wetlands Park
A peek inside Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Gainesville, Florida.
Sweetwater Wetlands Park
A created wetland, designed to treat stormwater runoff before it enters the wet Paines Prairie, and then goes into the aquifer via the Alachua Sink. Boardwalks for humans and habitat for wildlife are a pleasant byproduct.
Sweetwater Wetlands Park
Sweetwater Wetlands Park had a variety of wildlife on display for our hike! Join us as we walk around the park to see its diverse wildlife. We witnessed alligators and snakes sunning as well as wild horses feeding at sunset.
More information about the park below.
Sweetwater Wetlands Park is not only a place to connect with nature, it's a way to protect our environment. The park, which consists of more than 125 acres of wetlands and ponds, was created to improve the water quality of wetlands in Paynes Prairie and the Floridan Aquifer.
Now a thriving habitat, Sweetwater Wetlands Park is filled with vast numbers of plants and animals, including birds, butterflies, alligators and Florida cracker horses.
At the park, you can walk more than 3.5 miles of crushed gravel trails and boardwalks, experience the lush landscape from viewing platforms, and learn about the habitat through educational signs and tours.
Sweetwater Wetlands Gainesville, Florida
This is a video taken on 3/2/16 on the Village Birders field trip to Sweetwater Wetlands in Gainesville, Florida. The wetlands were built to remove nutrients, sediment, and trash from the creek. Water flows through the wetlands and then into Paynes Prairie and the aquifer.
Sweetwater Wetlands Park Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
The City of Gainesville recently introduced its newest recreational treasure- Sweetwater Wetlands Park. State and local dignitaries
gathered at the northern tip of Paynes Prairie Preserve to revel in the breath-taking vistas offered throughout the new park and pay tribute to the innovative wetlands filtration solution that enhances the water quality flowing into prairie’s sensitive basin.
Water's journey through Sweetwater Wetland Preserve, Gainesville FL
Carie Fischer, Sweetwater Engineer, explains the path water takes as it enters the park, how it is filtered and where it ends up to a group of University of Florida students on a natural resource conservation and management field trip
Sweetwater Wetlands Park Alligators
American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) inside Sweetwater Wetlands Park. Filmed on 11-5-17.
Grebe rescue at Sweetwater Wetlands Park !
Rescue was made by Lara Colley and her boy friend great job. Thanks guys !
Alligators at la chua trail part 1 march 4 2012
Alligators at la chua trail gainesville fl march 4 2012
Limpkin at Sweetwater Wetlands
Video of a friendly Limpkin on a foggy morning at Sweetwater Wetlands in Gainesville, Floida.
La Chua Trail, Gainesville, Florida
Migrating Birds at Sweetwater Wetlands
Tucson's Sweetwater Wetlands is a water treatment facility as well as an urban wildlife habitat. These yellow-headed black birds are one of the many species that call the Wetlands its home. Produced by Tucson 12.
Sweetwater Branch Creek Preserve - Gainesville, FL
Top 14. Best Tourist Attractions in Gainesville - Florida
Top 14. Best Tourist Attractions in Gainesville - Florida: Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Paynes Prairie, University of Florida Bat House, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, Thomas Center, Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Stephen C. O'Connell Center,
Bass Pro Shop in Gainesville, Florida
A quick stop and shop
Paynes Prairie Preserve – Gainesville Florida – Exploratory day trip May 07, 2015
A nice park with some interesting features. Thanks goes to the ranger at the main entrance (am) who suggested I check out the La Chua trail area. I probably would not have visited that area if he hadn't suggested it. I'm going to research and see if there is a best season to see the bison and horses. Would be cool to see them in the wild...
Here’s a link to Google Maps for the location of Paynes Prairie Preserve
Trails at Paynes Prairie Preserrve:
Wacahoota Trail (observation Tower) 0.3 mile
Cones Dike Trail - 8.0 miles round trip)
Jackson’s Gap Trail - 1.2 miles
Chacala Trail - 6.5 mile loop
Lake Trail - 0.85 miles one way
Bolen Bluff Trail - 2.5 miles round trip
La Chua Trail - 3.0 miles round trip
Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail - 16 mile paved bike trail
A quick ride through Sweetwater Branch Creek Preserve Gainesville, FL
Hi everyone, So I mounted a camera to the bottom of a stick and walked through the creek trying to give you all a different view of the area.