Great place to learn about the history of Florida, through models, fossils and artefacts. Visit the Butterfly Rainforest within to get close to butterflies raised in the museum.
Art museums have always been special to us. This one has a particularly large and varied collection, with a room devoted to Florida.
Arrive at dusk to see half a million bats stream out of the houses.
Small zoo with gibbons and wandering peacocks.
Large, open area to walk around. Alligators sun themselves in the paths while birds fish in the water.
Our favorite nature park in Gainesville! Be careful of poisonous snakes: coral, pygmy rattlesnake, cottonmouth, eastern diamondback.
Playground with a walking path around a pond.
Beautiful springs with tubing.