Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
Gear recommendations, hike planning, where to hike, and how to get the most out of your hike
North of the main portion of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and its hiking trails in Boynton Beach, a new 3-mile hiking and biking trail opened June 16 at Stormwater Treatment Area 1 West on CR 880, south of Southern Blvd (US 98) at Nine Mile Bend. The trail includes a 200-foot boardwalk and interpretive …
More trails in the works for Tampa Bay, thanks to Southwest Florida Water Management District. Their newly minted management plan for Chito Branch Reserve – another reservior for thirsty Tampa Bay – in southeastern Hillsborough County includes networks of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails … and they need volunteers to make it happen. Meanwhile, you’re …
Now that the management plan for South Florida Water Management District’s Conner Preserve has been approved, opening the preserve to trail-based recreation is the first order of business. A trail system will be completed by fall. This Pasco County preserve is about 5 miles north of Land O’ Lakes off SR 52, east of US …
Another escape for those of you in the crowded ‘burbs of Clearwater and Tampa: Upper Pithlachascotee River Preserve, being created in Pasco County near Fivay Junction. According to The Tampa Tribune, this 122.6-acre preserve has natural treasures like an ancient bald cypress and gopher tortoise habitat, as well as historical artifacts such as an old turpentine …
Atop one of the highest points in Florida stands a monument to an immigrant who lived the American Dream and decided that his legacy would be to preserve this high point: Bok Tower Gardens
Behind the Wakulla County Visitor Center or at the end of Buttons Rd, get up close with the estuary in Panacea along the shores of Dickerson Bay
On Feb 2, I was pumped to get outdoors – too many days spent indoors of late – and to celebrate both Florida Hiking Trails Month and a morning spent with my good friends Joan Jarvis and Jon Phipps, plus guest and fellow F-Trooper John Mahoney, Joan drove us to a Seminole County wilderness area …
Feeling small under the tall longleaf pines preserved at the base of Chinsegut Hill north of Brooksville
During the 2007 Big O Hike, Ocala resident Cliff Moody set a new bar for future hikers by walking all the way around Lake Okeechobee at age 90.
The final day of the 2007 Big O Hike sweeps us around the curve of Pelican Bay into Pahokee as the details sink deep into my memories.
After a moonlight walk the night before with fellow hikers, I arise early for a walk to Torrey Island on Day 8 of the Big O Hike.
Day seven of the 2007 Big O Hike is a counterpoint to the previous day, entertaining family with the highlights of Clewiston.
