If you have an iPhone, Blackberry, Droid, or other mobile device you’ll be pleased to know that the Florida Hikes website is mobile-enabled for ease of use when you’re out driving around looking for a hike.
We have a solid partnership with FarOut to bring you a variety of trail apps, which are integrated into their navigational app available through their website. The app works on Apple and Android devices as well as in a browser.
Our Current Apps
We presently have three app-based guides with FarOut (formerly Guthook), all of which function the same. Linear trail segments contain waypoint details presented either in a map view or in a guide view.
Our Florida Trail app is broken into segments covering 1,500 miles of our National Scenic Trail in Florida. One free segment showcases how the app works. Other segments run $2.99 to $7.99, with an overall package deal available for thru-hikers.
Our Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail app provides detailed information for the 108-mile bicycle route between Key West and Key Largo. Town guides with recommended lodgings and dining, maps of all significant hiking trails in the Florida Keys, and details on outfitters and bicycle rental / repair are all a part of this $7.99 app.
Our Florida ECT app provides the route and waypoint details for Eastern Continental Trail hikers to connect the Overseas Heritage Trail to the Florida Trail. A third of the route covers the South Dade Greenway in Miami-Dade County, a rural bike trail skimming the eastern edge of Everglades National Park.
Our Prior Apps
The skinny on our older apps: while we were early adopters of pushing content out to apps, starting back in 2006, we’ve been left high and dry by three app developers since. We no longer support or recommend these apps:
1) Sutro Media, the company behind our three natural Florida apps – Florida State Parks, Florida’s Best Beaches, and Florida Gardens – went out of business and these apps are no longer supported nor available. We have no way of upgrading or relaunching them. We have integrated much of their content into this website.
2) While we had a good run for many years with Google Field Trip integrating Florida Hikes into their app, in 2018 they stopped being responsive to our inquiries about updates and we had to remove the plugin that fed our content to them as it was causing errors on our website. We no longer recommend Google Field Trip as a source of Florida Hikes information as it has not been updated since 2014.
3) We have not heard a peep from Tours4Mobile on our Everglades National Park app for several years, and now their website no longer exists.