Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
Lucy Tobias writes about walks and labyrinths in Florida. She produces a blog Saturday Morning Magazine and is the tourism liaison for Florida Outdoor Writers Association.
A historic agricultural area transformed into a haven for birders, Celery Fields offers easy walking, running, and biking on paved and unpaved trails built around restored wetlands.
Florida has an estimated 132 labyrinths waiting to be walked – from a neighborhood park in Pensacola in the Panhandle to one at a church in the Florida Keys.
A bayfront park on Longboat Key with boardwalks meandering through mangrove forests plus wide shell paths traversing a native upland hammock.
A historic mansion and farmhouse anchor this 60-acre county park with paddler access to Phillippi Creek, fishing piers, and shell paths along a coastal hammock.
Southern terminus for a greenway spanning from Sarasota to Venice, Shamock Park provides a draw for birders with its resident Florida scrub-jays.
Share nature with the kids along Bee Ridge on 1.4 miles of family-friendly trails in a popular county park with four playgrounds surrounding a 1905 home open for tours.
