Ocala National Forest

Pros: No place else like it. Not to be missed!
Cons: Watch out for gators and take a buddy.

The Ocala National Forest is a wide expanse of nature at its finest. Locals love it, because it adds a place of tranquility and beauty to our area, where we live our otherwise hectic daily lives. It's a place to stop the clock for awhile, breathe in ...

Pros: beautiful, lots of wildlife, tons of outdoors activities
Cons: heat, snakes, rainbow people

I have lived in the middle of the Ocala National Forest for almost 10 years now and it is home to me and my family. It is a really nice place to live exspecially if you are into outdoor activities. While driving our many roads you can almost always see...

Pros: Beautiful scenery, wildlife
Cons: bugs

We went canoeing at Juniper Springs in the Ocala National Forest in Florida. The cost for renting a canoe was 26 dollars a day. You have to put your canoe on a little dolly they give you and pull it over to the river. It took about ten minutes,...

Pros: Outdoor paradise has it all.
Cons: All includes the bugs

I grew up in between Orlando and the Ocala National Forest. As a kid I spent a lot of time up in the forest. It offers so many different things to do. There are plenty of hiking trails all throughout the park which give you an opportunity to get close...

Pros: Beautiful and for the most part unspoiled.
Cons: Lack of respect for nature.

A visit to the Ocala National Forest is one you won't easily forget. The waterways are many, and bes ...