Hungryland Trail Day washed out for me

Jupiter Farms is a great place to live if you like being outdoors and enjoy "Old Florida".  We residents also enjoy the plentiful wildlife and access to great preserve areas like Hungryland, which is close by.  So I was really looking forward to Trail Day today.  Sadly, even though I love the outdoors, it appears that there was too much rain even for me.

I thought the rain was going to stay to our north, but I waited until 11 am and when it still had not stopped raining, I decided to cancel.  Actually, since I live on the west side of Jupiter Farms I can trek over to Hungryland or Cypress Creek or Riverbend Park anytime but I was really looking forward to today.

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Richard Sites, Realtor

"Hungryland" Trail Day set for Saturday

One of the really great things about living in Jupiter Farms is the access to so much undeveloped land and recreational areas.  Of course, the best known is Riverbend Park but that's not all there is.  Recently Cypress Creek was opened and although not completed, will eventually connect Riverbend with Hungryland to the west.

I don't know how the John C. and Mariana Jones Hungryland Wildlife and  Environmental Area got it's name but it is 16,645 acres of some of the highest quality, undisturbed pine flatwoods remaining in South Florida.  You can hike, camp or bike along the Old Jupiter-Indiantown Road, hunt for deer, hog and other small game and fish.  This Saturday, NETA, the Northeast Everglades Trails Association, is sponsoring Hungryland Trail Day.

The organization will be hosting this event for hikers, bikers and equestrians to help encourage the public to come enjoy our great outdoors.  The event is open to the public and is free and there will be burgers and dogs on the grill at noon.  Enter the park at Gate 9.  How do you get to gate 9?

Indiantown Road west from Jupiter until you reach the flashing light at Mellen.  For those of you using GPS devices, the machine may call this 125th.  Turn right, (north if you are using GPS) and go about a mile until you see Old Indiantown Road.  Make a left and continue until you hit the big yellow gate.  This is gate 9.  Park outside the gate and then hike or bike down Old Indiantown Road into the Park.

Looking at homes for sale in Jupiter Farms?  We enjoy a lifestyle unlike any other in this area and yet we are still only 15 minutes from the ocean. Let me show you the best values and opportunities.  Unlike many agents I live in the Farms.  Contact me at 561-762-4073 or rsites@bellsouth.net.

Richard Sites, Realtor

Jupiter Farms Christmas Parade 2011

Part of the phone of living here in Jupiter Farms is the sense of community.  We all like the wildlife, the peace and quiet and of course, the annual Christmas Parade.  The parade is held on Sandy Run Road between Alexander Run and Jupiter Farms Road.  Here, families can gather and watch local civic groups, businesses, Scouts and animal fanciers of all types march along.  I took my dad along and shot this video.



If you are looking at homes for sale in Jupiter or Jupiter Farms let me show you any home listed for sale by any broker.  Unlike many agents I live here in the Farms.  You can contact me at 561-762-4073 or by email.  Maybe you are not sure if the Farms is right for you.  Drop me a short email and I will answer that for you.

Richard Sites, Realtor

Jupiter Farms parade, craft sale and Christmas tree sale

I have lived in Jupiter Farms for 11 years.  Although I was raised in South Florida, the "cracker" and "conch" lifestyles I grew up with have given way to suburbia.  Many of us relocated from Miami to get away from the sprawl.

When I moved to Jupiter 21 years ago, it was still a very small town in more ways than one.  But slowly the secret got out and people moved into the newly built homes in the country clubs.  Right down the street from where I live, grazing cattle were replaced by the Jupiter County Club, a Toll Brothers community.  We used to have citrus trees in nearly every backyard, but the State cut 66,000 of them down. But Jupiter Farms is the undiscovered jewel left in the northern Palm Beach area.  Even though I live on the western side of the Farms, I am only 15 minutes from our fabulous beaches.

One of the big attractions to life in the Farms is the fact that there is a strong community spirit fostered by the Jupiter Farms Residents association.  This group is dedicated to preserving the great lifestyle we enjoy out here.

Each holiday season, they host a craft sale, Christmas tree sale and Farms parade. This year the fun begins Sunday Dec. 4 at 9:30 at our new community center.  The Christmas tree sale is going on Saturday and Sunday and all proceeds go to the JFR Scholarship fund.  The craft sale is Sunday AM and the parade begins at 1:30 and travels along Sandy Run Road, one of our major paved roads.

In the parade, you will see many Farms theme floats made locally in folks back yards.  And there is plenty of hay, horses and wagons and the like.  For your chance to get a feel of what the Jupiter Farms lifestyle is all about, be sure to come out on Sunday.

If this looks like a great place to live, I can show you all Jupiter Farms homes for sale listed by all brokers.  Contact me at 561-762-4073 or rsites@bellsouth.net.

Richard Sites, Realtor