Peaceful Waters Sanctuary

Beautiful and peaceful place to come walking in the morning or near sunset 👌🏼

I enjoyed spending about two hours there photographing nature and wildlife. There're many birds, ducks, butterflies and a green iguana. You can walk on boardwalk or path to get up close.

I went to Peaceful Waters for one hour walk in the morning and it was amazing; there were many birds, dragonflies, butterflies, and reptiles. The park opens at 7 am and there are many activities you can do there. There were a lot of soccer fields.

This place lives up to its name. Very nice spot to get away from society for a bit. I love how quiet and peaceful it really was. The small trails makes it even more fun to walk around and explore a little. Keep in mind it's not a huge area but nice enough to go for a walk, meditate or even read a book under a tree.

So many birds and ducks and wild life it was awesome!! I definitely want to go closer to sunset next time

An absolute gem! You have a few choices on your walk. You can stay on the boardwalk, or you can exit the boardwalk and walk in the grass. Everything is maintained at a first class level. The boardwalk is very smooth. You could easily push a stroller on it.
The pics I took begin with walking the perimeter and then end with the boardwalk. The boardwalk is not a circle, it is out and back.
There are numerous benches if you need to take a break.

We found this beautiful nature center by chance: we were looking for soccer fields open to the public and found them at the Village Park Athletics Complex in Wellington, where we then discovered this small hidden gem in it!

You can walk on a boardwalk that goes through the middle of the park; or you can walk on the trail that surrounds the park: both ways are more or less 1 mile walk (no dogs or bikes are allowed).

We visit it almost every weekend (when not too hot) to wind down after having played soccer or basketball: it’s so interesting to see how the landscape change during the year!

Despite the signs of alligators, we haven’t encountered any so far, but we still don’t venture on the trails during mating season because they are very close to the water… better safe than sorry.
But you can see many different birds, turtles and even river otters!

A great place to relax and take pics.

Pleasantly surprised by this sanctuary. Even otters are present!

Beautiful nature trail. Plenty of parking since this is just outside a sports complex.

Visited in late January - perfect weather, lots of wildlife! Nice little boardwalk to stroll around looking at the beautiful Florida wildlife. Saw egrets, great heron. Ibis, otters, turtles, and even a racoon! Perfect for an hour or so stroll or less, more if you are hanging around to take photos.

Great park, has multiple soccer, baseball, and football fields plus, Roller Hockey rink for club, and basketball courts for kids to learn how to play the game. There are multiple picnic areas and bathrooms. There is also a great kid playground for kids of different ages.

Very peaceful and beautiful views of mother nature. Great for an afternoon walk and great for photography. We did go in mid-June so the heat was a bit overbearing and we had to leave quickly. We saw a few birds during our walk.

We were looking for hiking trails when we came across this peaceful place. I wouldn't say it's great for hiking, but it is a wonderful spot to stroll around and enjoy the scenery. There's a lot of water, reeds, trees, and a long boardwalk with grassy trails off to each side. Also, it's perfect for bird watchers; several people had expensive cameras to photograph the many birds. There were a lot of herons, coots, limpkins, ibis, and others.

Wonderful small wetland. Either boardwalk or berms to walk on. Went last week and saw three river otters, Herons, egrets, Red-winged Blackbirds, and other critters.

Very busy day at Peaceful Waters. Egrets and herons by the dozens. And then there were the otters. Cute little family with three pups playing and hunting. Great place early in the a.m. Quiet 🤫 and peaceful.

Beautiful patch of nature on the edge of a city park. Great place to stroll and watch for wildlife like otters, sandhill cranes, and a huge assortment of other Florida birds.

Quiet and peaceful boardwalk and walking trails. Usually under 10 people walking at a time so a great place to walk alone or with a group. Take notice of the river otters throughout the preserve, saw family of five the last time I was there. Nice retreat with the kids.

10 Stars!!! Wow! Very well maintained decking and grass Trails. The trails loop around and connect to each other in many places. Nice lengths for the entire family, even a wheelchair. Lots of birds.

Absolutely stunning location! We went close to sunset and it was so peaceful to just see nature up close without any disruptions!

Florida Christmas in its precipice!..I was gifted this hidden gem by a friend when I was feeling down, but wow what a treat! I had the most magnificent time here at Peaceful Waters! I discovered the most delightful Rudolph display in an Aly of underbrush, it was terrific..I learned when life hands gives us jam, we make mung marmalade..5 stars and 7 good good nods to the Noth