In Madison you will find North Florida Community College which is an out-campus for St. Leo University. Downtown Madison is filled with quaint gift shops, antique stores, outdoor shops and nice eateries. And all of the downtown area is overflowing with classic 150 to nearly 200 year old homes and buildings. There are two grocery stores in Madison and Madison County Memorial Hospital. Big city amenities are not far away either. Our state capital, Tallahassee, is 57 miles west of Madison and Valdosta, Georgia is only 29 miles northeast of town.

Madison County is bordered on three sides by rivers, the Aucilla River to the west, the Withlacoochee to the north, and the Suwannee River to the east. Ten miles west of Loper Pond Plantation is Madison Blue Springs State Park, a first magnitude spring known worldwide, touts beautiful water, and allows access to the Withlacoochee River for canoeing, cave diving, fishing, and swimming.

For the cycling enthusiast, Madison County exhibits beautiful country roads with cycling lanes that make up a 100 mile loop around the county. Four Freedoms Trail is a 12 mile recreational trail that extends north from the city limits of Madison to the Withlacoochee River at the Florida-Georgia border. People can enjoy walking, biking and horseback riding along the paved trail, which provides covered rest areas along the way.

At Loper Pond Plantation you find a beautiful landscape of rolling hills, giant oak trees, paved roads, and underground power. The estates range in size from 2.5 to over 5 acres and nine of them are located on a pond. There is no requirement to build, however when you decide to build it must be 1,400 square feet or larger. No mobile or modular homes are permitted. Farm animals are permitted.