Lake Monroe Conservation Area

A nature area featuring wetlands, marshes and a shoreline, offering a habitat for fish and wildlife.

Recreational activities:

Fishing, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, primitive camping at designated sites and wildlife viewing.

Boating and canoeing opportunities are available on Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River, and the area is accessible by water; however, there are no launches located on-site.

Geocache located on property. Please visit our geocache database for more information.

One of the special highlights of this property is its beautiful views of open floodplain marsh on both tracts. The Brickyard Slough tract offers primitive camping in a shady oak hammock that is very popular. The northeastern portion of the property is high sandy scrub that is home to Florida scrub-Jays.

Wildlife viewing

The area provides excellent habitat for resident and migratory waterfowl, wood storks, wading birds and shorebirds. Other common sightings include sandhill cranes, bald eagles, turkeys, ospreys, deer and a large number of alligators.