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Title: Gold Head: Finding peace in sandhills
Post by: Metro Jacksonville on April 17, 2016, 03:00:01 PM
Gold Head: Finding peace in sandhills

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The road past the ranger station leads to a 2,366-acre park positioned on the Central Florida Ridge, an area filled with rolling pine sandhills. The ridge is all that remains of dunes that were formed over thousands of years by the rise and fall of sea levels. In Mike Roess’ Gold Head Branch State Park that ridge helps form a stunning 1.5-mile ravine that loops through the park. At its bottom is Gold Head Branch, once the site of an old grist-mill. Check out this amazing place after the jump!

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Title: Re: Gold Head: Finding peace in sandhills
Post by: Know Growth on April 17, 2016, 10:34:47 PM

The lakes are a treat. Great camping area.