GPS Coordinates of

Morningside Nature Center United States

Central address: 3540 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32641, USA

Elevation: 41.305
Time Zone: America/New_York

Latitude: 29° 39' 24.7212'' N
Longitude: 82° 16' 39.0792'' W

Morningside Nature Center, United States

The latitude of Morningside Nature Center is 29.656867, and the longitude is -82.277522. Morningside Nature Center is located in Gainesville, United States with the gps coordinates of 29° 39' 24.7212'' N and 82° 16' 39.0792'' W. The category of Morningside Nature Center are Nature & Wildlife Areas, Parks.

Morningside Nature Center is a 416-acre nature park located in Gainesville, Alachua County in the U.S. state of Florida and overseen by the City of Gainesville. It features a living history farm meant to simulate a North Florida family homestead from the mid to late 1800s. The farm includes an original Florida Cracker cabin built by Irish immigrants around 1840, which was moved to Morningside in 1976. The farm also features a one-room schoolhouse, along with newer farm buildings constructed as authentically as possible and a cash crop field that grows period-appropriate crops like corn, sugarcane, and cotton. The livestock on the farm are heritage breed and period appropriate to the time period. Visitors can view a Jersey cow, Ossabaw Island hogs, Dorking roosters and hens, and Gulf Coast sheep. On the first Saturday of every month September-May, volunteers dress in period attire and teach visitors about rural life in historical Alachua County. The farm is open year round Monday-Saturday 9am-4:30pm, but it is closed on Sundays. Every Wednesday afternoon from 3-4pm September through May, visitors can visit the farm to participate in the Barnyard Buddies program to feed the animals hay and vegetables provided by park staff. This program is free of charge, but donations of carrots, squash, apples, sweet potatoes, and melons are accepted, however, please give these items to staff and not directly to the animals .

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Nature & Wildlife Areas, Parks