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Miami Kayaking

Paddling in Florida

Places to paddle in Florida, including rivers and streams, spring runs, freshwater lakes, coastal lakes and lagoons, and coastal paddling trails

Magnolia Park

Lake Apopka at Magnolia Park

Lake Apopka North Shore  |  Apopka
( 28.634023, -81.549971 )      

On forested bluffs above Lake Apopka, Magnolia Park anchors the eastern terminus of the Lake Apopka Loop Trail near a campground under ancient live oaks

Manatee Springs State Park

Manatee Springs

Suwannee River Wilderness Trail  |  Chiefland
( 29.496241,-82.963574 )      

Showcasing the lower Suwannee River, Manatee Springs State Park centers around a clear blue spring, one of Florida’s largest and most picturesque

Maple Set Trail

Tannic waterway nicely framed by forest

Bethea State Forest  |  Jacksonville
( 30.524425, -82.231083 )      2.5 miles

Providing a peek into an ecologically important area along the eastern edge of Bethea State Forest, the 2.5 mile Maple Set Trail showcases the beauty of the St. Marys River basin.

Matheson Hammock Park

Palms along an atoll

Biscayne Bay  |  Miami
( 25.682267, -80.271685 )      

A tropical retreat along the coast of Coral Gables, Matheson Hammock Park has two distinct sides: a wild slice of the ancient Miami Hammock and a waterfront with a man-made atoll on Biscayne Bay.

McDonald Canal

McDonald Canal

Lake Apopka North Shore  |  Mount Dora
( 28.70470, -81.67635 )      

Providing paddlers and boaters access to the Apopka-Beauclair Canal, the McDonald Canal Boat Ramp is a quiet spot for a picnic lunch and birding stop

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Dummett Cove Merritt Island

Titusville      ( 28.641204, -80.735856 )      

With recreational activities ranging from hiking to biking, boating, fishing, and bioluminscent kayaking, Florida’s top destination for birding is also home to Kennedy Space Center

Merritt’s Mill Pond

Merritt's Mill Pond

Marianna      ( 30.780132, -85.168502 )      

Fed by first-magnitude Jackson Blue Spring and nearly a dozen smaller springs, Merritt’s Mill Pond is a waterway unlike any other in Florida, its unusual hues trapped between rocky slopes and edged with moss-draped cypress trees.

Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park

Fern grotto inside the Gold Head ravine

Keystone Heights      ( 29.847977,-81.961958 )      

One of Florida’s oldest state parks and notable for its Civilian Conservation Corps architecture, Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park offers a lesson in Florida topography.

Morrison Springs Park

Morrison Springs

Choctawhatchee River WMA  |  Ponce De Leon
( 30.657262, -85.906905 )      0.5 miles

Surrounded by a rim of old growth cypress, Morrison Springs is a beautiful second magnitude spring with swimming and diver access down an interpretive boardwalk

Moss Park

Picnic pavilion under tree canopy

Orlando      ( 28.3820737, -81.189728 )      

On a breezy isthmus between Lake Hart and Lake Mary Jane, Moss Park offers superb campsites and picnic pavilions under moss-draped live oaks.

Mound Key Archaeological State Park

Midden shells on Mound Key (Kai Schreiber)

Estero      ( 26.418317,-81.865444 )      

Launch your kayak from either Koreshan Historic State Park or Lovers Key State Park for a paddle into Estero Bay to see Mound Key, a significant Calusa archaeological site that is now its own state park.

Mud Spring Trail

Spring basin in Florida woods

Welaka State Forest  |  Welaka
( 29.4688, -81.6603 )      1.7 miles

At Mud Spring, mud isn’t what you’ll see in the gently rounded basin that cradles an underwater garden, but a glassy natural pool.

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