The area includes pine flatwoods and oak hammocks.

[1] The trail beds include sand, grass, dirt, and leaf litter.

An offshoot trail leads to an overlook on neighboring Raleigh Lake.

The lakes provide a foraging habitat for wading birds, bald eagles, and osprey.

In 1987 the City of St. Petersburg leased the land to Hillsborough County for "passive natural resource-based recreation".