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WILDLIGHT PARKS & REC

Open for exploring

It’s been proven that human beings actually feel an innate need to connect with nature. Good thing we have so much of it at Wildlight. Our community is a vast network of trails, parks, ponds and preserved land that invites exploration. And the numbers prove it: between the Town District and Garden District, we have over 31 miles of planned trails. Over 620 acres of planned regional, community and neighborhood parks. And 4,000+ acres of conserved land. Great outdoors? More like very, very amazing outdoors.

 

Child staring into pond with lily pads
Three people ride bicycles on a paved path through a wooded area in Wildlight Florida, all wearing gray shirts and smiling, with sunlight filtering through the trees.

Parks for everyone

The way we see it, nature is even better when shared. So we have a number of outdoor spaces at Wildlight that are available for the public to enjoy. Including Whistling Duck Pond, in our Town District, where you can kayak or spend a day along the water’s edge. The Wildlight Trailways, that invite bikers, walkers and birdwatchers to stroll its varied terrain. The future Green Ribbon, a 13-mile linear park that will lead to (and eventually stretch along) the bluffs of the St. Marys River. And a planned 53-acre regional park in the Garden District that is still in the works. And that’s just what we know right now — even more public parks will be coming.

 

Man with child on his shoulders
A boy riding his bicycle at dusk

Trailways & Greenways

This is for you, hikers, bikers, walkers and meanderers: Wildlight’s 12+ miles (and counting) of trailways will get you where you want to to go — whether you’re headed to the Village Center, through the neighborhoods, around ponds, out into open space, into woods, to the river — or even to another trail. And because we believe in celebrating the history of the land where our community sits (and the reason we can offer the outdoor life that we do), we also preserved over 4,000 acres of land we call our Wildlight Greenways. You’ll see them, dotting the landscape with untouched, natural beauty. In other words, living up to the “wild” part of our Wildlight name.

Turtle sitting on a rock sunning

I spy …
with iNaturalist

It’s an app Wildlight residents use to identify and survey animal, insect and plant species right in our community (curious how many boat-tailed grackles have been seen? Find out here). And it’s just part of the sustainability initiatives we’re committed to.

Parks for residents

When you live at Wildlight, you can consider yourself part of a very fun club — where a variety of parks, ponds and playgrounds make for some pretty amazing meeting places. Because the residents-only parks at Wildlight aren’t your typical type. They’re the creative-ways-to-play type. Where you can paddleboard and pickleball. Relax in a hammock. Or make a splash in either the pool that’s here now — or the one that’s coming.

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