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Fakahatchee ferns

Archives for June 2013

Apoxee Wilderness Trail

Apoxee Wilderness

Grassy Waters Preserve  |  West Palm Beach
( 26.727542,-80.151119 )      4.7 miles

In the wet prairies and tropical hammocks of Apoxee Wilderness, an urban wilderness area, you’ll walk through the water supply of West Palm Beach on a 4.7-mile day hike through the southernmost part of Grassy Waters Preserve

Biking Indian River Drive

Cocoa      ( 28.448769, -80.762690 )      14.3 miles

Nearly 15 miles of Indian River Drive (CR 515) parallels US 1 through Cocoa and Rockledge along the Indian River Lagoon, providing a scenic and safe road bike ride.

Bill Sadowski Park

Bill Sadowski Park

Cutler      ( 25.608283, -80.318983 )      0.4 miles

At the Bill Sadowski Park and Nature Center, the Old Cutler Hammock Nature Trail offers a glimpse of what Cutler Ridge, south of Miami, looked like before development.

Custard Apple Trail

Pond apple

John Prince Park  |  Lake Worth
( 26.602017, -80.082883 )      0.5 miles

Winding through a tropical hammock and along open marshes, the interpretive Custard Apple Trail provides a taste of the wilderness that once covered Lake Worth.

Eagle Trail

Eagle Trail at Grassy Waters Preserve

Grassy Waters Preserve  |  West Palm Beach
( 26.815504, -80.173600 )      0.5 miles

Forming a loop around Gator Lake in Grassy Waters Preserve, the half-mile Eagle Trail tunnels through a tropical hammock to provide overlooks across Loxahatchee Slough.

Frenchman’s Forest Natural Area

Frenchmans Forest

Palm Beach Gardens      ( 26.856899, -80.072673 )      2.9 miles

In Palm Beach Gardens, Frenchman’s Forest Natural Area offers nearly 3 miles of trails through a 172-acre natural area with seven different habitats to explore, right behind the Gardens Mall.

Hinson Trail

Hinson Trail Alamo Cave

Marianna      ( 30.757621,-85.213923 )      4.5 miles

Circling Hinson Conservation and Recreation in Marianna, the Hinson Trail offers rugged hiking, scenic views, and historic sites along its 4 mile circuit.

Hog Hammock Trail

Hog Hammock Trail at Grassy Waters Preserve

West Palm Beach      ( 26.664083, -80.141100 )      4.1 miles

Offering a hike into the Loxahatchee Slough, the Hog Hammock Trail at Grassy Waters Preserve leads into a dark, fern-filled cabbage palm hammock with a 2.8 mile loop.

Kendall Indian Hammocks Park

In the leafy glade of Kendall Indian Hammocks

Kendall      ( 25.695383, -80.373817 )      0.7 miles

At Kendall Indian Hammocks Park, wind your way through one of urban Miami’s last stands of natural forest—a hardwood hammock known as the Snapper Creek Glade.

Okeeheelee Nature Trail

Okeeheelee Nature Trail at Okeeheelee Park

Greenacres      ( 26.667493, -80.168275 )      1.5 miles

A network of wheelchair-accessible walkways wind through 90 acres of pine flatwoods, oak hammocks, and dense palm hammocks in the far corner of Okeeheelee Park.

Pondhawk Natural Area

Pondhawk Natural Area

Boca Raton      ( 26.387583,-80.114956 )      2.5 miles

Pondhawk Natural Area protects 79 acres of scrub habitats and wetlands, including a relict pond apple slough with some of the tallest pond apple trees in Florida.

Riding the ECRRT to Osteen

ECRRT

June 25, 2013    John Keatley

Volusia County’s East Central Regional Rail Trail, or ECRRT, runs east towards the coast from Green Springs Park. This segment ended at Osteen when I biked it, but has been extended since.

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