Being part of the "Nature Coast", - having more outdoor fun than you can get to in a year. Hike a trail in the Withlacoochee State Forest or learn to throw a cast net, or wade the beaches, or join a bird walk, or dive with the manatees, or spend some quality time with a fly rod. The list can go on and on with activities. That's what we love about the Nature coast. This area is also known for its outstanding attitude towards preserving Florida wetlands and forests in their natural state. The WeekiWachee Preserve, a 6,000 acre protected wildlife area, separates Hernando Beach from the inland areas of Spring Hill. County plans to develop the spring fed lakes within the preserve include a future swimming beach and fishing areas. This huge, heavily forested preserve provides a natural green belt along Hernando Beach that gives residents the Gulf on one side and protected forests on the other.

Parks near Hernando Beach and in Hernando County:

Parks: Rodgers Park, Hernando Beach Jenkins Creek Park, Hernando Beach Hernando Beach Park, Hernando Beach (picture) Pine Island, near Hernando Beach Bayport Park, near Hernando Beach Bud McKethan Park, off US 41 Delta Woods Park, Deltona Blvd., Spring Hill Ernie Wever Youth Park, Shoal Line Blvd., Hernando Beach Hernando Park, downtown Brooksville on Ft. Dade Hernando Veterans Memorial Park, Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill Kennedy Park, Kennedy Blvd. Brooksville Lake Townsend Regional Park- Withlacoochee Trail Access Little Rock Cannery/Library, Citrus Way in Brooksville Lonnie Colburn Park, Oliver Street of 41 J.Earl & Francis Miller Memorial Gardens Nobleton Wayside Park Pioneer Park Ridge Manor Park Chinsegut National Wildlife Refuge Withlacoochee State Forest

Observation tower in the Hernando Beach Park

Bayport Park - where the Weeki Wachee River exits in to the Gulf of Mexico

Jenkins Creek Park Fishing Pier
A tributary of the Weeki Wachee River

West Florida as endless grass flat and salt marshes

Grass flats and Shoal Line Blvd going North from Hernando Beach

canoeing down Weeki Wachee River