Telegraph Creek Preserve

Ok walk. A lot of scrub brush pine trees nothing really special.

This place is beautiful. We did an amazing four mile walk. Take sunscreen, bug spray, and water. There is some shade but you are in the sun more than not. Trails are easy to walk, and the fields are beautiful.

Telegraph Creek is one of my favorite wild places I enjoy visiting for a hike. The small gate is open during daylight hours and the trails are well marked with poles and maps. The Green trail still had standing water the Saturday before Christmas. My son and I will come back when it is drier. Historically this was a part of the northern Everglades. Depending on the time of year determines what is in bloom or edible. You may find persimmons, blueberries, and wild grapes. Please leave them for the wildlife. St. John’s Wort was in bloom, the four petal variety. Slash pines offered fresh food for the squirrels in form of pine cones. The sounds of traffic and civilization fall away and are replaced with sounds of occasional birds, wind whispering through the pines, and the cattle who wonder if you are bringing them something to eat. Be aware of your surroundings! Evidence of wild pigs what evident, including an encounter with a mama and babies. Fortunately they ran away from us. The beautiful doe we startled was beautiful and healthy. We saw many paw prints along the trails.

Gate looks locked, it is NOT! Part of the trail is shaded. The loop took me about one hour. No access to the creek. Saw deer. The entrance to Bob Janes Preserve is in the back of this preserve. No restrooms.

Ventured out on a cloudy cool morning to tackle this trail. We did the telegraph creek trail and continued to the Bob Janes trail that connects to it to add an additional mile or so. The total for both trails was 4.1 miles. Trails are well marked but the Bob Janes trail did need some trail maintenance and mow, but still manageable. It did look like there were other trails deeper in that I would like to try and get to another time. Some areas of the trail were muddy and had some standing water, but easy to get around. I could see this being hot to hike in the summer since some areas are open, but very nice hike overall. Some pretty areas of huge oak trees with the hanging spanish moss. Quiet hike in nature is the way to go, recommend if up for a nice hike. Thank you Lee Co for preserving this 20/20 land. There is a small chain that you unwrap to open the front side gate as well as gate to enter Bob Janes. From afar it does look locked, but you just need to slide the chain out of the groove and open the gate, just make sure you close gate and wrap the chain around pole and put back into groove to keep gate closed.