Dixie County, Florida

Dixie County is a county located in the Big Bend region of the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,422. Its county seat is Cross City. Trail enthusiasts: stretching for 32 miles, an old railroad line is now the Nature Coast State Trail with trailheads in Cross City, Trenton, Fanning Springs, and Chiefland. You can also enter Old Town, where it’s only about half a mile to the famed Suwannee River. Beautiful beaches welcome you, and if birding is your thing, you are in the right place: Near Horseshoe Beach is a 53,000-acre area known as the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge. Much of the northern region of the refuge lies in Dixie County, with portions of the located in the flyway of the Great Florida Birding Trail. Within the refuge are manatees, bald eagles, otters, red-shouldered hawks, kingfishers, an array of coastal birds, and plenty of freshwater and saltwater fishing.