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Palm Beach County's Natural Areas Will Remain Closed Until Further Notice
Based on Palm Beach County (PBC) Emergency Order No. 2020-003, effective immediately, all PBC Natural Areas are closed to the public until further notice. This order will remain in effect until the expiration of Palm Beach County's Declaration of Emergency or until terminated or amended by further order.
PBC's Department of Environmental Resources Management will continue to monitor the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in our area and will communicate any changes in the status of our PBC Natural Areas as those changes are made.
Please be safe and continue to monitor our social media (@PBCERM on Facebook and Instagram) and website (www.pbcerm.com or www.pbcnaturalareas.com) for updates on the status of our PBC Natural Areas. For updates on other PBC operations and services, please visit the county's dedicated COVID-19 page: http://discover.pbcgov.org/coronavirus/Pages/default.aspx
Seacrest Scrub
3400 South Seacrest Boulevard, 2 miles south of Woolbright Road
Hike the paved trail lined with sand pine trees
Open Sunrise to Sunset, 365 Days a Year
At a Glance
Nature Next Door
The 54-acre Seacrest Scrub Natural Area is a green island of wilderness in the middle of an urban landscape surrounded mostly by houses. It is home to the protected gopher tortoise. Other animals observed on the site include American redstart, green anole, and eastern gray squirrel.
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