FIELD TRIP: Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area

Date: Tuesday, 3 February 2026

Location: Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area

Leader Name: Ricky Ray

Leader Contact Information: (928) 853-9654

Trip/area Description: Guide Ricky Ray will lead a hike at this former cattle ranch. The 63,000 acres of the Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area in Osceola County consists of extensive hiking, bicycling, and horseback trails including self-guided driving tours. Birds and butterflies are abundant in the fall and winter including the federally endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker and the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow located in a mosaic of dry and wet prairie, flatwoods, hammocks, cypress ponds and patches of scrub. Other birds of interest in the Longleaf Pine woods include Brown-headed Nuthatches and Bachman’s Sparrow.

Duration of trip: 3-4 hours

Walking distance: 3-4 miles

Degree of difficulty: Easy walking on trails through oak hammocks

Where to meet: IHOP parking lot at 8800 20th St. (SR 60) in Vero Beach.

Time of meeting: 7:00 a.m.

Number of participants: No limit

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