September adventures and music at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park.
Explore the outdoors this September on an eco-adventure at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. It's the perfect time of year to get out in the park and explore on your own or with a park ranger for your guide. Outside tours canceled during severe weather.
Americana Under the Stars is every Thursday from 6:30 – 8 p.m and the evening of music starts with an open mic in the amphitheater. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $5 to the Friends of Topsail Hill. Bring a chair and refreshements and enjoy some music in the park. This is family/pet friendly and fun for all ages.
Adventures in the Park
A variety of programs are presented by park rangers throughout the year on wildlife, adventure and natural resources. September adventures in the park include:
Friday September 11 | Hike to No Name Lake | 9:00am-10:30am
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Rangers will lead you through the various ecosystems that make this park unique. This hike will lead you to one of the lakes in the park, No Name Lake where we hope to see the resident alligator along with some endemic and endangered plants. Be sure to bring your binoculars, sunscreen, and water. The hike will leave from Tram Stop 1 in the day use parking area and is paved for a majority of the route.
Saturday September 12 | Breakfast with a Ranger | 9:00am-10:00am
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park invites you and your family to Breakfast with a Ranger. Join the Rangers of Topsail Hill to learn about the park, its history and to ask them all the questions you can think of about the park its wildlife and anything in between. This program is ideal for the whole family to enjoy. To cover the cost of food, please bring $5.00, which goes to Friends of TopsailHill Preserve State Park to enhance the park or bring your own breakfast. Enter the park through the main gate and park staff will direct you to the clubhouse.
Friday September 18 | Coastal Dune Lakes | 9:00am-10:00am
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park invites you to an informational program on the rare coastal dune lakes found in the area. Two of these lakes can be found inside the protected area of the park. This all ages program will discuss what makes them so unique, what types of plants/animals can be found along the shores and which supported by the ecosystem and what you can do to help. Enter the park through the main gate and park staff will direct you to the clubhouse.
Saturday September 19 | N.W Florida Astronomy Club | 4:00pm– until?
Join the members of the NWFAA and view the beauty of the night sky. They will start by setting up solar telescopes 3 hours before sunset for observing our closest star. Once the sun sets they will transition to night time observing using various telescopes. The event will be in the day use parking lot near tram stop 1, please not use bright lights, car head lights, flashlights, cellphone light etc.. Only NWFAA members are allowed to handle the telescopes and please no unattended children.
Friday September 25 | Hike to No Name Lake | 9:00a-10:30am
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Rangers will lead you through the various ecosystems that make this park unique. This hike will lead you to one of the lakes in the park, No Name Lake where we hope to see the resident alligator along with some endemic and endangered plants. Be sure to bring your binoculars, sunscreen, and water. The hike will leave from Tram Stop 1 in the day use parking area and is paved for a majority of the route.
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park offers a wide variety of natural resources including 3.2 miles of secluded, white sand beaches with majestic dunes over 25 feet tall. Three rare coastal dune lakes provide excellent freshwater fishing. Although boats are not allowed, fishing from the shoreline yields bass, bream, panfish, and catfish. Lakes, pristine beaches, old-growth long leaf pines, sand pine scrub, and a variety of wetlands offer a bird-watching and hiking paradise. Visitors may bike, walk, or enjoy a quick ride to the beach on our timely tram service to swim, fish, sunbathe, or beachcomb. Gregory E. Moore RV resort features a (non-heated) swimming pool and shuffleboard courts. Furnished bungalows are available for weekly stays. A camp store offers a variety of camping items, as well as snacks and drinks.
Florida State Parks are treasures waiting for your discovery!
Additional information, photos & video on South Walton area parks:
Parks Of South Walton & Northwest Florida
Explore the outdoors this September on an eco-adventure at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. It's the perfect time of year to get out in the park and explore on your own or with a park ranger for your guide. Outside tours canceled during severe weather.
Americana Under the Stars is every Thursday from 6:30 – 8 p.m and the evening of music starts with an open mic in the amphitheater. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $5 to the Friends of Topsail Hill. Bring a chair and refreshements and enjoy some music in the park. This is family/pet friendly and fun for all ages.
Adventures in the Park
A variety of programs are presented by park rangers throughout the year on wildlife, adventure and natural resources. September adventures in the park include:
Friday September 11 | Hike to No Name Lake | 9:00am-10:30am
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Rangers will lead you through the various ecosystems that make this park unique. This hike will lead you to one of the lakes in the park, No Name Lake where we hope to see the resident alligator along with some endemic and endangered plants. Be sure to bring your binoculars, sunscreen, and water. The hike will leave from Tram Stop 1 in the day use parking area and is paved for a majority of the route.
Saturday September 12 | Breakfast with a Ranger | 9:00am-10:00am
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park invites you and your family to Breakfast with a Ranger. Join the Rangers of Topsail Hill to learn about the park, its history and to ask them all the questions you can think of about the park its wildlife and anything in between. This program is ideal for the whole family to enjoy. To cover the cost of food, please bring $5.00, which goes to Friends of TopsailHill Preserve State Park to enhance the park or bring your own breakfast. Enter the park through the main gate and park staff will direct you to the clubhouse.
Friday September 18 | Coastal Dune Lakes | 9:00am-10:00am
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park invites you to an informational program on the rare coastal dune lakes found in the area. Two of these lakes can be found inside the protected area of the park. This all ages program will discuss what makes them so unique, what types of plants/animals can be found along the shores and which supported by the ecosystem and what you can do to help. Enter the park through the main gate and park staff will direct you to the clubhouse.
Saturday September 19 | N.W Florida Astronomy Club | 4:00pm– until?
Join the members of the NWFAA and view the beauty of the night sky. They will start by setting up solar telescopes 3 hours before sunset for observing our closest star. Once the sun sets they will transition to night time observing using various telescopes. The event will be in the day use parking lot near tram stop 1, please not use bright lights, car head lights, flashlights, cellphone light etc.. Only NWFAA members are allowed to handle the telescopes and please no unattended children.
Friday September 25 | Hike to No Name Lake | 9:00a-10:30am
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Rangers will lead you through the various ecosystems that make this park unique. This hike will lead you to one of the lakes in the park, No Name Lake where we hope to see the resident alligator along with some endemic and endangered plants. Be sure to bring your binoculars, sunscreen, and water. The hike will leave from Tram Stop 1 in the day use parking area and is paved for a majority of the route.
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park offers a wide variety of natural resources including 3.2 miles of secluded, white sand beaches with majestic dunes over 25 feet tall. Three rare coastal dune lakes provide excellent freshwater fishing. Although boats are not allowed, fishing from the shoreline yields bass, bream, panfish, and catfish. Lakes, pristine beaches, old-growth long leaf pines, sand pine scrub, and a variety of wetlands offer a bird-watching and hiking paradise. Visitors may bike, walk, or enjoy a quick ride to the beach on our timely tram service to swim, fish, sunbathe, or beachcomb. Gregory E. Moore RV resort features a (non-heated) swimming pool and shuffleboard courts. Furnished bungalows are available for weekly stays. A camp store offers a variety of camping items, as well as snacks and drinks.
Florida State Parks are treasures waiting for your discovery!
Additional information, photos & video on South Walton area parks:
Parks Of South Walton & Northwest Florida
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