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Turkey Creek Park with kids.
Turkey Creek is Niceville's free nature park: a boardwalk of about a mile along a clear creek, with swimming holes along the trail. The water stays cool, around 69°F.
Checked by a local · November 2026
Before you go
What parents need to know.
- Free. Open 6am to 6pm; the boardwalk opens at 6:30am and closes 20 minutes before the park.
- Closed every other Monday from 6am to noon for maintenance.
- Restrooms by the main pavilion and the north picnic area.
- No pets, no alcohol or glass, no bikes or skates, and no food on the boardwalk past the pavilion.
- Free golf-cart rides for seniors and people with mobility needs. Call 850-685-9405.
- 1-mile boardwalk
- Swimming holes
- Restrooms
- Picnic pavilions
Questions parents ask
Turkey Creek Park, answered.
Can you swim at Turkey Creek in Niceville?
Yes. There are swimming holes and platforms along the creek, and tubes, canoes and kayaks are allowed.