Boyd Hill Nature Preserve

[1] The preserve is located on the shores of Lake Maggiore in south St. Petersburg.

It is operated by St. Petersburg Parks and Recreation and includes more than three miles of trails through a variety of ecosystems.

The preserve is used for school field trips and hosts environmental education programs.

A long time resident of St. Petersburg, the late Paul Eppling used recycled metal and scrap metal to make sculptures.

Boyd Hill Nature Preserve has seven of his sculptures: Narcissus from Greek mythology in the parking lot, a similar figure in a tree behind the environmental center, a glass-top table inside the environmental center, two large armadillos near Wax Myrtle Pond, a heron near Lake Maggiore Island, and another bird in front of Boyd Hill's bird-of-prey aviary, where they care for injured birds.