- December 25, 2024
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Canoeists and kayakers, get ready! Palm Coast’s Long Creek Nature Preserve project is moving along as expected, and a canoe and kayak launch, said city spokeswoman Cindi Lane, has already been built.
It isn’t open yet: the $1.46 million construction project, funded by the city of Palm Coast and the Florida Inland Navigation District, will take about six months.
But the nine-acre preserve on the Intracoastal Waterway at Palm Harbor Parkway near the College Waterway Bridge will be an ideal place to spend a sunny Flagler County afternoon when it does, with a fishing pier, floating dock, walking path and boardwalk.
The city’s Children Helping in Resource Protection program for Flagler County kids is already using the preserve in a limited fashion.
The project site connects to the 225-acre Long Creek Basin, according to a city news release, and will open up access to Palm Coast’s saltwater canal system and, eventually, the Pellicer Creek Aquatic Preserve.
Just east of the project site, on city-owner property, is the historical Hernandez Landing Site from Florida’s 1800s plantation period. The city plans to add interpretive displays, and possibly an environmental education center, at later stages of the project, Lane said.
Palm Coast bought the Long Creek Nature Preserve property in 2008 with grants from the Florida Community Trust and the Flagler County Environmentally Sensitive Lands Program. The Long Creek Basin property was donated to the city.
