Seacrest Scrub Natural Area

There is almost nothing at all to do in the Delray Beach area, so I was pleasantly surprised to walk by this little nature reserve. Though not terribly large, I was able to spend a half an hour walking through the park and taking in the flora and fauna. I saw several turtles and iguanas and a ton of small newts. It was a pretty hot day and the path was quite sandy; still, it’s a nice place to pass 30 to 45 minutes. I’m always happy to see any natural habitats set aside and preserved.

It was a very quiet evening. Just a few persons were bird watching. If you want some peace and tranquility this is a good place to take a walk. I didn't see any seat and I stayed on the track as I didn't want to get lost It's quite beautiful but nothing else to do apart from bird watching. I did see a gopher tortoise and a couple iguanas The gate has to be kept locked to prevent the gopher from wandering out into traffic

Fun Fourth of July walk! Trails were well marked. The whole area is clean and maintain. Missed the gopher tortoise will catch him when things cool

Free park. Cute tortoise sanctuary! Its only a 1.15 mile walk but its very sandy[think the beach sandy] so its deeper, a bit harder to walk in[not handicap accessible] along the route if your not used to walking in sand. Saw alot of burrows but no tortoises that walk. It was around 11am so it was starting to get a bit warm. They have nice maps with info and wood trail markers with yellow dots to indicate the trail route.

This is a small wilderness park in the middle of a busy area. We ended up walking 2 miles by walking all of the marked trails and also along the border of the park. It’s easy to make your walk as short as you want or a great 2 mile walk. It’s a Natural area so it’s not for dogs or ebikes. It’s an opportunity to walk through oldtime south Florida and get back to nature for a little while. The parking lot is small but there were two spaces available on a Wednesday in December. Most people are here for a short amount of time so if you don’t find parking, just wait for someone to leave.

It was exciting to see the small tortoises sun bathing. I didn’t see any birds maybe because I wasn’t out seeking birds. Here is definitely a quiet relaxing spot to go for a a brisk stroll

Beautiful area that takes you off the urban setting and lands you in nature