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TravelAwaits Jul.6.2021 Huntsville, Alabama, also referred to as Rocket City,is much more than a major technological and aerospace center. It also has some incredible green spaces that offer visitors to the city a chance to experience beautiful panoramic vistas, fascinating geologic features, and thundering waterfalls. There is only one way you can get to the incredible outdoor wonderlands of the region and that’s by lacing up your boots and taking a hike. Here are nine of the best hikes in the Huntsville area. For any of these hikes, remember to carry plenty of water with you (especially in the hot summer months) no matter what distance you will be hiking, and while many of the trails listed here follow alongside springs and creeks, be sure to filter the water before drinking. ....
Hiking the Aucilla Sinks | Geology of the Floridan Aquifer Uncovered North Floridians are drawn to the Aucilla Sinks because they’re unlike almost anything else in Florida, and a little mysterious. A trail winds past rocky pools and short streams lined with tall walls of limestone. What we’re seeing is bits and pieces of the Aucilla River. The river runs aboveground to the north and to the south of here, but I wonder- what happened to it in the middle? I wanted to know, so I invited geologist Harley Means for a hike. We don’t associate Florida with large rocks. What Harley revealed to me, though, is that the Aucilla Sinks are in fact uniquely Floridian. It’s the Florida beneath us, exposed. ....