TEDxJacksonville Salon on Jacksonville's Environment
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"Topic: City of Parks Did you know that within Jacksonville's city limits lies the largest municipal preservation park system in the United States? Over 83,000 acres of natural beauty surrounds our community. It connects our waterways, beaches, natural habitat, recreation, and our history-- and we can access any of these parks with just a 30 minute drive. Can these abundant resources define our city's identity? Should JACKSONVILLE be THE CITY OF PARKS?"
HECK YES!!!
This is a legitimate bragging right for Jax yet most people in JAX rarely visit our urban and delightfully rural parks of wonder.
What should be an attraction for companies and people searching for a higher quality of life is neglected as we lack a pride of place.
Will y'all please come on out and share our parks with us?
^Totally agree. We live near the Theodore Roosevelt Area, off Mt. Pleasant Road in Arlington near McCormick. This is a huge reserve, free, with miles of trails that curve around and parallel the St. Johns in certain places, along a bluff that is maybe 30 feet above the water. The Timucuan Indians inhabited the area hundreds of years ago and there are large oyster shell beds so old that huge trees are growing out of them.
The trail head has plenty of car parking and the trails are clear and mountain bike or foot accessible. It's a must-see for native Jacksons, and one of many parks that people who live here overlook.