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Footpath leading through ferns

Chris Stevens

Along with his wife Chelsey, Chris Stevens produces the blog Sunshine State Seekers. An avid hiker and camper, Chris serves as a Trailmaster for the Florida Trail Association.

Brooker Creek Headwaters

Tunnel of trees above trail

Brooker Creek  |  Tarpon Springs
( 28.136793, -82.555810 )      3.9 miles

With nearly 4 miles of footpaths adjoining the paved Upper Tampa Bay Trail, Brooker Creek Headwaters explores the rise of a waterway that nourishes Lake Tarpon.

Buck Bay Flatwoods Preserve

Pine forest with blue blazed pine tree

Gainesville      ( 29.713503, -82.277625 )      3.0 miles

An excellent example of conservation of natural lands, Buck Bay Flatwoods provides a pair of loop trails through a gradient of habitats including restored pine flatwoods.

Camp Bayou Nature Preserve

Little Manatee River at Camp Bayou

Ruskin      ( 27.667312, -82.402325 )      2.8 miles

Located on the banks of the Little Manatee River, Camp Bayou Nature Preserve provides an easygoing set of trails through a variety of natural Florida habitats.

Cedar Key Scrub East Loop

Grassy path edged by dense diminutive scrub forest

Cedar Key Scrub Reserve  |  Cedar Key
( 29.205155, -82.988130 )      3.1 miles

One of Florida’s most northerly locations home to the Florida scrub-jay, Cedar Key Scrub Reserve provides birders a quiet walk along its scenic East Loop.

Charles Lee Sabal Point Sanctuary

Beaten footpath into a lush palm forest

Wekiva River Buffer Preserve  |  Longwood
( 28.711818,-81.410133 )      3.4 miles

Threading through a wilderness floodplain where the Little Wekiva and Wekiva Rivers meet, this 3.4 mile round-trip hike hidden in a subdivision offers excellent birding near Orlando.

Clam Bayou Nature Preserve

Boardwalk at Clam Bayou

St. Petersburg      ( 27.74054, -82.69452 )      1.0 miles

Along an environmentally significant estuary of Boca Ciega Bay, Clam Bayou Nature Preserve offers well-established trails with several overlooks and a kayak launch

Cockroach Bay Nature Preserve

Cabbage palms adjoining a trail

Tampa      ( 27.69134, -82.50167 )      1.8 miles

Directly across Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg, two loop trails in Cockroach Bay Nature Preserve navigate restored wetlands and a lookout point known as Mount Cockroach.

Cockroach Creek Greenway

Trail through pine savanna

Ruskin      ( 27.653745, -82.468798 )      4.0 miles

Surrounded by commercial farming, this rare piece of conserved natural land offers upland loops around a creek feeding Cockroach Bay.

CREW Cypress Dome Trails

Cypress dome

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed  |  Estero
( 26.456468, -81.562205 )      4.4 miles

On this 4.4 mile loop, experience an impressive array of habitats in Florida panther habitat – from sandy flatwoods to flooded cypress swamps – in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed.

CREW Flint Pen Strand

Red blaze post amid pines

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed  |  Estero
( 26.333780, -81.690867 )      13.4 miles

Just four miles east of Interstate 75, get your feet wet in one corner of the vast the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed on the trails of Flint Pen Strand.

CREW Marsh Trails

Blaze post on prairie trail

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed  |  Fort Myers
( 26.491833, -81.533974 )      3.1 miles

At CREW Marsh, a network of well-marked paths crisscrosses the northwestern tip of the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, providing loops of up to 3.1 miles along a vast marsh.

Croom Loop C

Bright red spiky flower in bloom in front of tree trunk

Croom Tract, Withlacoochee State Forest  |  Brooksville
( 28.593644, -82.296506 )      7.2 miles

Showcasing elements of a sandhill ecosystem, Loop C in the Croom Tract of Withlacoochee State Forest offers broad views of varied foliage and wildflowers under a sparse canopy.

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