More than 6,700 acres of marshlands surrounding the meanders of the St. Johns River between Titusville and Cocoa, Canaveral Marshes Conservation Area surrounds over 20 miles of the river’s shoreline.
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Overview
Location: Titusville
Length: Up to 5 miles round-trip
Trailhead: 28.547283,-80.896482
Fees: Free
Restroom: None
Land manager: St. Johns Water Management District
Phone: 321-984‑4940
Open dawn to dusk. Trails are shared with off-road cyclists and equestrians.
A cattle lease is in place on this piece of public land. A hiker has reported being injured by an aggressive bull along this trail. We’ve turned around ourselves once encountering cattle.
Directions
From Interstate 95 exit 215, Titusville, drive 2.8 miles west on SR 50 to the conservation area entrance on the left, before the bridge over the St. Johns River at Midway at the county line.
Hike
You’ll hear the buzz of airboats nearby while walking the trail system, which primarily follows dikes through the preserve, offering excellent birding and scenic views.
The preserve is bisected by the Addison Canal, built in the early 1900s and also visible at Enchanted Forest Sanctuary to the east.
At the end of the dike walk is a short loop around a midden along the St. Johns River floodplain.
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Fox Lake Sanctuary Protecting more than 2,500 acres along the western edge of Titusville, Fox Lake Sanctuary provides an immense landscape for exploration.
Wuesthoff Park Protecting 25 acres in residential Titusville, Wuesthoff Park showcases the habitat diversity of the area along both an accessible trail and natural footpaths.
Florida Trail, Seminole Ranch Savor a thousand shades of green amid enormous trees by following the Florida Trail 4.6 miles through ancient palm hammocks along the St. Johns River floodplain at Seminole Ranch.
Florida Trail, Tosohatchee Bridging an immense expanse of pine flatwoods bisected by floodplain forests, an 11-mile segment of the statewide Florida Trail crosses Tosohatchee WMA.
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