Anyone going north to Gainesville has probably seen Paynes Prairie from their car, but if you haven’t stopped there and hiked it, you should. Spent a weekend recently in Gainesville and biked over there. It’s only a roughly 6-mile bike ride from campus, and there is a very nice bike trail for most of the way there. Paynes Prairie is a large savannah chock full of diverse flora and fauna, including wild horses, some bison, 270 bird species, and, of course, gators, gators, gators. Well worth a visit.