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Five Star Trails Gainesville & Ocala

Five Star Trails Gainesville & Ocala
15.95
  • Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
  • Available in: Paperback, Kindle
  • ISBN: 978-0897326148
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Second Place, Outdoor Book. Florida Outdoor Writers Association, 2014

Concentrating on hiking trails found within an hour of either community, Five Star Trails Gainesville & Ocala shows off both urban woodlands and wilderness trails in a diverse mix of habitats throughout a four-county region.

With 38 hikes, many appearing in print for the first time, the book includes a mix of easy walks and longer day hikes. It includes some of our favorite hikes along the Florida Trail in the Ocala National Forest and on the Cross Florida Greenway.

Important: Since publication of this guidebook, the dog policy in the Ocala National Forest has changed. Dogs are no longer permitted on the trails at Juniper Springs Recreation Area, or at any trail that goes near any spring or swimming area.

The list of hikes below is what you’ll find inside the covers of this guide. As promised in the Appendix to this book, the following links enable you to download the GPS tracks we collected to make the maps in this guidebook. All were collected with a Garmin Oregon 400t or Garmin Dakota 20 and annotated in Garmin Basecamp. Right-click on the download link and use “Save Link As” to save the GPX file to your computer.

Please respect the availability of these GPS tracks for your personal use only; do not upload them to other websites. Thank you!

The image links lead to galleries for each hike on our Flickr site so you can take a virtual hike before hitting the trail.


#RegionHikeGPX fileImages
1GainesvilleAlfred Ring ParkGPXview
2GainesvilleBarr Hammock PreserveGPXview
3GainesvilleBiven's Arm Nature ParkGPXview
4GainesvilleDevil's Millhopper Geologic State ParkGPXview
5GainesvilleJohn Mahon Nature ParkGPXview
6GainesvilleLoblolly Woods Nature ParkGPXview
7GainesvilleLongleaf Flatwoods ReserveGPXview
8GainesvilleMorningside Nature CenterGPXview
9GainesvilleMill Creek PreserveGPXview
10GainesvillePaynes Prairie Preserve State Park: La Chua TrailGPXview
11GainesvillePaynes Prairie Preserve State Park: Wacahoota TrailGPXview
12GainesvillePrairie Creek PreserveGPXview
13GainesvilleSan Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park: Moonshine Creek TrailsGPXview
14GainesvilleSan Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park: North Hiking TrailsGPXview
15GainesvilleSan Felasco ParkGPXview
16GainesvilleSweetwater PreserveGPXview
17GainesvilleTuscawilla PreserveGPXview
18GainesvilleUniversity of Florida NATL Nature TrailsGPXview
19GainesvilleWatermelon Pond PreserveGPXview
20Ocala National ForestDavenport Landing TrailGPXview
21Ocala National ForestFlorida Trail: Pat's Island to Hidden PondGPXview
22Ocala National ForestFlorida Trail: Rodman to Lake DelancyGPXview
23Ocala National ForestJuniper Springs Nature TrailGPXview
24Ocala National ForestLake Eaton TrailsGPXview
25Ocala National ForestSalt Springs Observation TrailGPXview
26Cross Florida GreenwayFlorida Trail: PruittGPXview
27Cross Florida GreenwayFlorida Trail: SantosGPXview
28Cross Florida GreenwayFlorida Trail: SW 49th Ave to Land BridgeGPXview
29Cross Florida GreenwayLand Bridge LoopGPXview
30Cross Florida GreenwayMarshall Swamp TrailGPXview
31OcalaCarney Island Recreation and Conservation AreaGPXview
32OcalaGoethe State Forest: Big Cypress TrailGPXview
33OcalaGoethe State Forest: Buck Island PondGPXview
34OcalaOcklawaha Prairie Restoration AreaGPXview
35OcalaRainbow Springs State Park: Sandhill Nature TrailGPXview
36OcalaSholom ParkGPXview
37OcalaSilver Springs State Park: River TrailsGPXview
38OcalaSilver Springs State Park: Sandhill and Sinkhole TrailsGPXview

You can purchase this guide online or patronize a Florida bookstore or outdoor retailer to pick up a copy.


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