Hitching a Ride
If you've never hitchhiked, how do you start?


Straddling both sides of the Indian River Lagoon between Hobe Sound and Tequesta, this refuge provides both sea turtle nesting grounds and Florida scrub-jay habitat.

Encompassing forested wetlands north of downtown Gainesville, this 84-acre park pairs a loop of less than a mile with a large family play area.

A beauty spot along Lake Mirror in downtown Lakeland, Hollis Garden is a collection of themed garden rooms on terraces above the walking trail around the lake.

A 2.4 mile loop showing off the habitat diversity of Ross Prairie State Forest, this easy hike provides scenic panoramas across the prairie on a mostly shaded trail.


A former roadside attraction at the source of the Homosassa River, this Florida State Park showcases native Florida wildlife.

On a barrier island just north of Clearwater Beach, the Osprey and Pelican Trails at Honeymoon Island State Park offers a close-up look at a rookery of ospreys.

An offshore getaway accessible by car, bike, or paddle, Honeymoon Island State Park offers white sand beaches along the Gulf of Mexico.

Criss-crossed by a network of trails, this island in the St. Johns River is worth the short ferryboat trip to explore a landscape with ancient echoes of a past civilization.

It took community support to stave off a commissoner's plan to sell a Marion County park

