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park — the first in Florida —<br />
covers 9,000-plus acres <strong>and</strong><br />
offers camping <strong>and</strong> picnic areas,<br />
as well as miles of walking <strong>and</strong><br />
biking trails <strong>and</strong> narrated tram<br />
Highl<strong>and</strong>s Hammock State Park<br />
Kile Brewer<br />
tours through miles of wellpreserved<br />
wilderness.<br />
Birdwatchers <strong>and</strong> nature enthusiasts<br />
will be pleased with<br />
the abundance of opportunities<br />
in the area. The Great Florida<br />
Birding Trail runs through the<br />
county <strong>and</strong> in our parks <strong>and</strong><br />
wildl<strong>and</strong>s, residents <strong>and</strong> visitors<br />
can see alligators, deer, otters,<br />
armadillos, bears, dozens of varieties<br />
of birds, as well as other<br />
wildlife. In <strong>and</strong> around Sebring<br />
<strong>and</strong> Highl<strong>and</strong>s County, observers<br />
can see the endangered<br />
Florida scrub jay, along with the<br />
swallow-tail kite, s<strong>and</strong>hill crane,<br />
osprey <strong>and</strong> bald eagle.<br />
South Florida State College’s<br />
Wayside Shrine Trail offers a<br />
walk through a patch of the<br />
scrub, with signposts pointing<br />
out some of the unique plants<br />
along the way. You can also<br />
bike <strong>and</strong> hike the trails in the<br />
Preserve area of the Sun ’n Lake<br />
Improvement District.<br />
Welcome to Sebring 27
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