Amenities

Paved multi-use trails, primitive hiking trails, fitness equipment along trails, picnic pavilion, restrooms, shelters, park benches, playgrounds, historic C. B. Wilson House with interpretive displays open Tuesday and Saturday 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM and Thursday and Sunday 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (C.B. Wilson House is not open on holidays)

Experiences

Experience a bit of Old Florida by touring the grounds and historic home of this unique park. A one mile nature trail, with boardwalks over wetlands, winds through diverse eco-systems, through pine flatwoods and oak hammocks.  Signs throughout the park provide descriptions of natural and sustainable features. As Sarasota County’s first Gold LEED certified park, Urfer Family Park represents a new milestone in sustainability. Another feature of the park is the renovated C. B. Wilson House, a historic structure constructed circa 1917. Open to the public for touring, exhibits spotlight the agricultural and forestry history of the area.

History

Opened by Sarasota County in 2009

Habitats

Pine flatwoods (both longleaf and slash pine), maple swamp

Acreage

50 acres

Watershed

Sarasota Bay

Who Owns and Maintains

Owned and maintained by Sarasota County

Website

www.scgov.net

SCAT Bus stop and route

Route 14