North Anclote River Nature Park
Tarpon Springs 1.9 milesAlong the sinuous Anclote River, this Tarpon Springs city park hides its natural waterfront beyond grassy and marshy expanses.

Along the sinuous Anclote River, this Tarpon Springs city park hides its natural waterfront beyond grassy and marshy expanses.

A certified Autism Friendly site on an island of native habitats, Florida's first sensory-friendly nature trail winds a mile within a wilder perimeter hike.

Spanning from mangroves to scrubby hilltops with glimpses of the ocean, this 2.3 mile footpath near the Atlantic Ocean provides quite a workout along hilly terrain.

Although we're writing a Florida Trail hiking guide, we decided to come to the Big O Hike since we met here last year, and it's time to try out the new TravLite!

It's a tradition at the Big O Hike to share your talent at Thanksgiving Day dinner. Mine is a poem commemorating the hike and our friends who've gone before us.

At the site of an 1826 pioneer community along the Old Bellamy Road connecting St. Augustine and Tallahassee, O'Leno State Park protects one of North Florida’s weirder geologic wonders, a disappearing river.

Buried in a sea of development in Port St. Lucie, Oak Hammock Park is one of those little gems that shouldn't be missed, thanks to its dense hammock of live oaks.

A mosaic of cypress swamps, pine flatwoods, and sandhills, the Oak Ridge Tract of Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve offers immersive day hiking with many route options.

A canopied oasis occupying a city block east of Hurlburt Field, Oak Tree Nature Park surrounds the floodplain of Silver Sands Creek along US 98.


Except for service dogs, dogs are not permitted at Alexander Springs, Salt Springs, Silver Glen Springs, Juniper Springs, Clearwater Lake, Fore Lake, Lake Dorr and Mill Dam Recreation Areas in the Ocala National Forest

A quarter mile immersion in coastal dune habitats offers a tropical canopy with shade adjoining beach access at Ocean Bay Beachside on South Hutchinson Island.
