Name: Traditional 2nd Thursday Hike New Tampa Nature Park / Flatwoods Park
Start: 2024-11-14T09:45:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-14T11:15:00-05:00

**“A Walk in the Woods” - New Tampa Nature Park and Flatwoods Park & Lunch**
For our traditional 2nd Thursday hike, we will visit two parks! While more parks are open, many trails are still wet and our favorite boardwalks are closed.
Never fear! Your intrepid hike leaders scouted out a great adventure for you. Keep your fee dry - yes! Feeling adventurous - that's an option too. Lunch? Of course!

You can choose to be on the paved trails at both parks, or venture a bit off the pavement to check out interior areas.

The hike will begin at the **New Tampa Nature Park** which connects to Flatwoods Park.
**Options:**
Nature **walkers** can explore the paved trails at the New Tampa Nature and Flatwoods parks for a distance of about **1.5 to 2 miles**.

Or, go longer for a hike of about **3.5 miles**. The longer hike may include off pavement interior trails, depending on conditions.

**Meet time** – 9:45am
**Meet point** – Meet at the trail head to the New Tampa Nature Park which is at the parking lot near the port-a-let.
**Parking** – free
**Restroom** – port-a-let at the New Tampa Nature Park parking lot
**What to bring** – water, bug spray, sun protection and a snack.

**Lunch afterwards** – CALI at Tampa Palms
17004 Palm Pointe Dr., Tampa, FL 33647
(813) 975-1222
[https://www.eatatcali.com/tampa-palms](https://www.eatatcali.com/tampa-palms)

**New Tampa Nature Park\*\*\***
17001 Dona Michelle Dr (off Bruce B Downs Blvd near I75)
Tampa, FL 33647
(Take Dona Michelle Dr as it bends to the right behind the Shell station and towards La Quinta and the water treatment plant. Road to the parking lot winds around and is about 1.2 miles once you turn off Bruce B Downs.)
**\*\*\*Be sure to put the park’s physical address in your GPS.**

**About New Tampa Nature Park** \- This city of Tampa park opened in 2012 and is a great place for a picnic\, a walk and has a playground with a zip line\. It’s well forested and a good place for wildlife\. There are unpaved nature trails with wood bridges above the low\-lying areas\, and lots of shade\.
A half-mile paved trail connects to Hillsborough County’s adjacent Flatwoods Wilderness Park.

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