For the younger members of your family the geography, flora and fauna and history of Tallahassee and North Florida offer outdoor fun and adventure, beauty and education. [Read more...]
Kids’ Tallahassee
March 8, 2011 By
The marvels of Tallahassee’s springs and waterways
March 1, 2011 By
The geography of Tallahassee has distinctive features that shape its environment and give it a unique beauty. The waters of its red clay hills drain into lakes and waterways such as the St Marks River, which in turns drains into Apalachee Bay, in the Gulf of Mexico, 25 miles to the south. The watershed extends over 1,200 square miles from the Georgia state border to Apalachee Bay. [Read more...]
Tallahassee – get out there!
February 25, 2011 By
Car hire is recommended for anything beyond the city centre, and essential for exploring the beautiful variety of Florida’s great outdoors.
The Big Bend Scenic Byway lets you re-trace the history of the Apalachee Indians, the Conquistadores, the Civil War troops and the settlers. Its 90 miles of recommended routes connecting the lakes and forests to the west and south-west of Tallahassee, the Apalachicola National Forest, the estuary of the Apalachicola River ( a great oyster area), with the historic and naturally abundant coastal regions. Full details of this can be found at floridabigbendscenicbyway.org [Read more...]
The City of Tallahassee
February 2, 2011 By
The City of Tallahassee is the state capital of Florida US. It’s located in the north-west of Florida. It lies 25 miles north of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, in the north-east section of the Gulf. To understand its geography one needs to visualise Florida’s ‘Panhandle’: the strip of land south of Georgia and east of Alabama that bends south at its western end to become the Florida peninsula. The immediate area is also sometimes known as the ‘Big Bend’ [Read more...]
