The Five-mile Creek Greenway consists of two pathways, one being a 3-mile walking trail around the tiny town of Brookside. The trail winds around a campsite and follows Five-mile Creek. The other is a repurposed Birmingham Mineral RailRoad consisting of a corridor of crushed stone starting at Black Creek Park in Fultondale and running under…
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Old Florida in Jacksonville
Kathryn Hanna Abbey Park of the City of Jacksonville in Florida is a surviving piece of the forest that used to be, the coastal hammock, meaning that the old forest has sustained growth over generations on sandy higher ground near the ocean. This cathedral-like scene in the 447 acre park shows the predominance of palms,…
St. Croix River at Red Beach and Calais
The sun is up over the horizon. From this angle the shore looks dark. By the time the sun is visible at the St. Croix Island historic site near Calais, Maine, the rocks look pink or orange-reddish. This is where the booming harbor town of Red Beach, Maine was located in the late 1800’s. It…