The Blair Audubon Center

The Blair Audubon Center opened in 2000. Download high-res JPEG (1.7 MB).

The Blair Audubon Center welcomes tens of thousands of visitors annually. Download high-res JPEG (2.7 MB).

The Nature Store inside the Blair Audubon Center offers a variety of souvenirs and environmental gifts. Download high-res JPEG (1.25 MB)

The Boardwalk

Naturalists lead tours of the boardwalk daily. Download high-res JPEG (2.1 MB) 

Visitors can walk among the ancient bald cypress trees. Download high-res JPEG (4.1 MB) 

Red maples along the boardwalk on a misty morning. Download high-res JPEG (5 MB)

A Cypress tree towers above the boardwalk. Download high-res JPEG (1.2 MB)

A 2.25-mile boardwalk winds through pine flatwoods, across wet prairie, around a marsh, and finally into the largest old-growth bald cypress forest in North America. Download high-res JPEG (3 MB).

One of the important habitats protected within Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is wet prairie. Download a high-res JPEG (6 MB).

The boardwalk has several spurs, including this one leading to the area where a plume hunter's camp once stood. Download high-res JPEG (7 MB).

Portions of the famous boardwalk have been replaced since Hurricane Irma hit southwest Florida in 2017. Download high-res JPEG (5 MB).

Swamp Sunflowers can be seen from the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary boardwalk in fall. Download high-res JPEG (2.2 MB).

Nature

A scarlet rose mallow blooms just off the boardwalk at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Download high-res JPEG (5 MB).

A Yellow-crowned Night Heron hunting in the cypress swamp. Download high-res JPEG (5 MB)

White Ibis are commonly seen in flight above the wet prairies of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Download high-res JPEG (5 MB)

A pair of deer seen in the tall grass adjacent to the Boardwalk. Download high-res JPEG (4 MB)

This Florida Panther was spotted by a staff member on a back-country road at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Download high-res JPEG (3 MB)

Chain ferns adorn the forest floor. Download high-res JPEG (4 MB)

Limpkins can sometimes be seen from (or on) the boardwalk at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Download high-res JPEG (1.2 MB).

Pine Flatwoods is one of the habitats encountered by boardwalk visitors. Download high-res JPEG (2 MB)

Alligators lounging at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Download high-res JPEG (1.6 MB)

A Roseate Spoonbill in breeding plumage with Whistling Ducks at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Download high-res JPEG (2.6 MB).

A Cardinal Air Plant in bloom at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Download high-res JPEG (4 MB).

Anhingas are common sights around the Lettuce Lake. Download high-res JPEG (4 MB).

A Simpson's Zephyr Lily is one of the first blooms seen after a prescribed fire at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Download high-res JPEG (1 MB).

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary provides important habitat for Florida Panthers and other species. Download high-res JPEG (3.5 MB).