The next day we woke up around six in the morning and headed down to Nelson Bay, roughly a 45-minute drive south from the farmhouse. Here we planned to take a helicopter and fly over the lakes to get some aerial shots.
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is hosting a Sunset Hike on Jan. 1 at 4 p.m. for nature lovers who want to start off the New Year in the great outdoors. At 4 p.m., participants will hike down to the beach access in time to catch the sunset, at approximately 4:40pm, then hike back up to the parking area as the stars begin to shine.
December 23, 2014 by admin
WaterSound Beach has wide boardwalks meandering among spectacular dunes and beautiful homes along the Gulf in South Walton County, Florida.
Just to the east is Camp Creek Lake, a rare coastal dune lake that opens periodically to the Gulf. To the west is Deer Lake and surrounding Deer Lake State Park.
November 24, 2014 by SoWal Staff
Over the Grayton State Dunes and Alligator Lake outflow in Grayton Beach, Florida in South Walton County. Grayton Beach is a special place but on a day when the Gulf is clear and blue it is simply stunning. The small town in SoWal is surrounded by Florida State Park lands with massive dunes, coastal forests, fertile wetlands, and dynamic Western Lake - a rare coastal dune lake jewel.
Aerial photography and video bywww.MoonCreekStudios.
It was a sweltering summer day with little to no cloud coverage, and we were filming a tour of South Walton with the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance. The tour started in Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, where Park Services Specialist Jeff Talbert and Dr. Sarah Schindele pointed out a plethora of unique plants, explaining the ecology of the park, as well as the steps that are taken to maintain such a distinct and fragile natural area.
November 14, 2014 by admin
Flying over the beach, Gulf of Mexico and the first sandbar at Blue Mountain Beach, Florida.
Last month, researchers at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) published new findings on Florida’s red tide organism, Karenia brevis, in a special issue of the scientific journal Harmful Algae. This publication is the culmination of an unprecedented collaboration on red tide research in the Gulf of Mexico led by the FWC’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
November 9, 2014 by SoWal Staff
If if walks like a duck, swims like a duck, then ....
Some people call them ducks but American Coots are not ducks - they return every Fall to hang out by the pines on Western Lake in Grayton Beach.
Fall is approaching and with it comes South Walton Community Council's Back to Nature Festival, sponsored by SoWal.com. Whether you like hiking, kayaking, face-painting, bird-watching, beach ecology, or simply resting in the grass or sand, October 19, 2014 is the day to visit Topsail Hill Preserve State Park and support one of the most beautiful environmental assets in the state of Florida.
Walton Outdoors will host their annual Explore the Outdoors Festival on Saturday, OCT 11 from 10am–3pm along the beautiful lakeyard on Circle Drive in DeFuniak Springs. Activities will be held behind the First Presbyterian Church, and the event is free and open to the public.
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