Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve is a Florida state park six miles northeast of Cedar Key on State Road 24, preserving a blend of scrub and wetland habitats in a quiet natural setting. Rather than a built attraction, it is valued for outdoor recreation including hunting, wildlife viewing, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, and picnicking. Its dark open skies also make it a favored place to watch the annual December Geminid meteor shower. The reserve’s varied terrain supports distinctive wildlife, with roseate spoonbills and wood storks in the wetlands and Florida mice, gopher frogs, indigo snakes, and Florida scrub-jays in the drier scrub.