Oscar Scherer State Park - Osprey FL
Oscar Scherer State Park
Oscar Scherer State Park is a Florida State Park located between Sarasota and Venice, near Osprey, a midst the heavily developed southwest Florida coast. The address is 1843 South Tamiami Trail. There are more than 130,000 visitors a year.
History
The park's genesis was in 1955, when Elsa Scherer Burrows, owner of the 462-acre (1.87 km2) South Creek Ranch, died. Her will left the ranch to the state to form a park. It was to be dedicated to the memory of her father, Oscar Scherer, the developer of a shoe leather dyeing process in 1872. A year later, the park was ready and opened to visitors.
Thirty years after that, Realtor and environmentalist Jon Thaxton started work to protect the neighboring Florida Scrub Jay territory. In 1992 this resulted in 922 acres (3.73 km2) being added from the adjacent Palmer Ranch that had been among the holdings of Bertha Honoré Palmer, in large part due to the Nature Conservancy, public support, and the use of Preservation 2000 funds, expanding the park's size to 1,384 acres (5.60 km2).
In September 2008, in recognition of National Public Lands Day, Lee Wetherington, a local developer and long-time park supporter, donated an additional 16.6 acres (0.067 km2) of land to the park, including the buffer property adjacent to the Willowbend subdivision (a Wetherington development), bringing the total park size to 1,400 acres (5.7 km2).
Biology
Flora
The habitats that are part of the park are pine flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods and the hardwood hammock surrounding South Creek. A variety of other plants exist within the park, like blueberry, persimmon, wild grape, cabbage palm, coontie, wax myrtle, prickly pear cacti, mangrove trees and giant leather ferns (Acrostichum danaeifolium).
Fauna
Land and aquatic inhabitants include bobcats, rabbits, foxes, North American River Otters, American Alligators, Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi), Gopher Tortoises and Gopher Frogs.
The park is one of the few places in the state where there are enough scrubby flatwoods for the Florida Scrub Jay to maintain a healthy population. Other birds that can be seen in the park are Bald Eagles, Ospreys, warblers, woodpeckers, egrets, and the Great Blue and Little Blue Heron.
The 3-acre (12,000 m2) freshwater Lake Osprey has bream, bluegill, largemouth bass and channel catfish, among others. South Creek is brackish, so it can contain saltwater fish.
Recreational activities
The park has such amenities as beaches, bicycling, boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, kayaking, picnicking, snorkeling, swimming and wildlife viewing. It also has an interpretive exhibit and visitor center. The Legacy Trail, which runs on a former railroad route, also runs through and connects with the park.
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Second flight at Osprey Lake Aerial Footage @ Oscar Scherer Park Using A Quadrocopter.
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Join us on a tour of the Oscar Scherer State Park - we recently spent a weekend camping at this beautiful Florida State Park and had an in-depth look at the park's and camp site's facilities.
This 1,381 acre Florida State Park feels remote, but is only minutes away from restaurants, shopping and the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.
Let's explore Oscar Scherer State Park and camp site, just 6 miles south of Sarasota, Florida.
Intro - 00:01
Getting There - 00:29
Checking In & Camping Overview - 01:10
Camp Site 17 - 01:43
Camping Snacks - 02:16
Exploring Oscar Scherer State Park - 02:45
Restrooms - 03:14
Playground by the Lake - 03:33
Screened Pavilion - 03:49
Campfire Dinner - 04:04
Camping Breakfast - 05:02
Bathrooms by the Camp Ground - 05:39
Camp Site Playground - 06:18
Camp Site Review - 06:56
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Our Oscar Scherer State Park travel guide documentary covers some of the top things to do at Oscar Scherer State Park. We feature some of the most popular facilities of the park and everything you need to know to enjoy a nice camping trip to this Florida State Park.
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Longer video of a trip that began at Blackburn Point Park on Casey Key. This is the location of the historic Blackburn Point swing bridge. Paddled into Little Sarasota Bay, then south into Dryman Bay and along Casey Key. I next proceeded up into South Creek and into Oscar Scherer State Park.
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