Meet HL Dee McGrath, 610-331-7410, at the Crew Cypress Trail for a hike around the preserve. For those CCTC members who are in Florida this will be time to get together will our friends. The CREW Cypress Dome Trails (also known as Gate 5) offer six miles of well-marked loop trails through pine flatwoods, oak hammocks, wet prairie, popash slough, and two beautiful cypress domes. Trails are flat grass/sand ground level and seasonally wet in low spots.
Address: 3980 Corkscrew Road, Immokalee Florida.
Directions: From N Ft. Myers/Charlotte Co./Lehigh Acres: Travel I-75 to exit 138 (the ML King/S.R. 82 exit). Turn left (east) off the ramp. Travel 20 miles toward Immokalee (east) on S.R. 82. Turn right on C.R. 850 (Corkscrew Rd.). You will pass the CREW Marsh Trails at the 2-mile mark. Continue for 4 more miles. The Cypress Dome Trails will be on your left. Look for the brown road signs.
Bring Water and snacks. We will find a lunch spot.