Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park

About Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park

The park protects one of Florida's most endangered natural communities, the sandbush country sometimes referred to as the Florida Desert. Rare plants and animals, including ospreys, bald eagles and other birds of prey, live in the bushes and forests of Florida. Ospreys and bald eagles are often spotted within three miles of shore, as are many other species.

The picnic area has tables, shelters and barbecues, and visitors can walk on the white sand around the fireplace. The relatively new park is still in development, but it is ideal for those looking for a wilderness experience in the distance or a nature study. Visitors can canoe or kayak on the lake, walk along the 1.5 km nature trail, walk along the white sand fireplaces and picnic at one of the picnic spots.

There is no hotel, but there is a hotel in the city of Winter Rub State Park, about two miles south of the park entrance. Take US 27 to County Road 621, continue for 4 miles to Narcissus Road and continue for 3 miles south to its entrance, then south on Narcissus Road to Lake June.

Lake Stearns Scrub (SP) is called Lake June in Winter Rub State Park because of a fascinating chain of events that dates back not many years. It all started with Dr. Melvil Dewey, who was an educator, librarian, developer, and visionary. Most people think of him as the man responsible for cataloging books in the library and creating the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

In Winter Rub State Park (SP) in Lake Stearns Scrub (SP) is located one of the most beautiful lakes in the state, Lake June.

In 1927, the Florida State Legislature was persuaded to change the name of the town from Lake Stearns to Lake Placid as a northern summer resort, but 35 years later it was discovered that a more appropriate name was thought to be Lake June in Winter Rub State Park. The lake itself was renamed to remind friends of their northern home, and a sprawling lodge was built at Lake Childs, Lake Childs.

In 1929, when asked to find a winter residence in the park, they changed the name of Lake and Lake
stearn to "Lake June and Winter," so that the house could be imagined as a winter residence.

Soon after, a water tower was built, hotels built in the city and the railway depot of the Atlantic coast visited. Soon after, the railway was convinced to build a new depot and hotel in this city.

It is located in the National Registry of Historic Places and is also the seat of the Lake Placid Historical Society. It opened to the public in 1999 and is also located in New York State Park, just outside the city of Lakeplacid.

In the past, the land was used as pasture for the turpentine industry and before the purchase by the state of Florida, it was owned by Tomoka. Compared to other national parks in New York and New Jersey, this park is relatively unchanged.

Walking along the fire tracks from the park entrance to the southern border, you will see a cat face in a large pine tree and then a tree in the distance.

Long before its recent use, this land was indeed an ancient sea, and the scars are all that remains of the booming turpentine industry of the past. The property stretches from ancient sand dunes in the center of the Florida peninsula and is an island chain that once broke the surface of an ancient sea.

As sea levels have risen and fallen, these chain islands have been isolated from unusual plants and animals for centuries.

With the stunted appearance of most undergrowth and trees, this community is a lesson in adaptation. In the course of the development of plants and animals, periodic fires were caused by lightning strikes caused by collisions with ocean currents from the interior. These fires would burn vegetation to the ground and set in motion a long, slow cycle of regrowth. This area is known as "bushland" and is home to a wide variety of plants, animals and birds, as well as a large number of birds.

Despite the annual rainfall, it is dry and rain quickly penetrates into coarse sand, which is no longer accessible for plant roots. Look out for the leaves of many stunted trees; many plants have no ability to spread roots and save precious water.

Most are tiny, furrowed and feel waxy, but can cause serious damage to skin, eyes, ears, nose and mouth.

Gopher turtles are a species that dig long caves that they share with many other species, so survival here is a collective achievement. Despite the sand, it remains a mystery whether many animal species in this habitat actually live in caves underground.

About 3 km from the end of Narcissus Street, take the Mini-Mart lane at the intersection and turn south. The entrance to the park is on the left and is located on the right side of this road, about 1.5 km south of Lake June, just before the entrance to Lake Mai.