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Turtle Walks at Hobe Sound Nature Center
Turtle walks to view nesting turtles are scheduled Thursday and Friday nights beginning in late May and extending through mid to late July. Walks are usually over by midnight but have been known to last until 1 a.m. Participants assemble in the Nature Center's classroom at the Hobe Sound NWR. The center opens at 8:30 p.m. and an orientation/presentation begins at 9.m. After the presentation, participants drive the 5 minutes from the Refuge to Hobe Sound Public Beach. Scouts go ahead of the group to locate a turtle along a stretch of beach about one mile in length. The actual walk to the turtle is normally less than a half-mile. You wait in the relative luxury of a covered pavilion with restrooms and drinking fountain until the scouts locate a turtle. Once a nesting turtle is located, it usually takes about an hour to view the entire process including egg laying and nest covering. Then, now matter how early, the turtle walk is over. Only a single turtle watch is held each evening. Contact Information: Call 772/546-2067. Nature Center office hours 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Wildlife Refuge open 7 days, sunrise to sunset. Website Directions: From I-95, take Exit 96 (Hobe Sound) and proceed East for 7 miles to U.S. Highway One. Turn right (South) on U.S. 1. The Nature Center is 2 miles on the left, north of Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound; 13640 S.E. Federal Highway (U.S. 1), Hobe Sound, Florida 33455.To Join A Florida Sea Turtle Walk Home To Sea Turtle Life Cycle |
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