Florida Hikes

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Museums in Florida

Museums in parks and natural settings, showcasing Florida history, cultural heritage, and the arts

INTERACTIVE MAP

Fort Caroline

Jacksonville   1.3 miles

At the site of the original French settlement in Florida, explore the rich natural and cultural history of the region at the Timucuan Preserve visitor center, Fort Caroline, and its interpretive nature trail.

Fort Clinch State Park

With 1,100 acres of pristine beaches, towering dunes, maritime forest, and estuarine tidal marshes, Fort Clinch State Park is one of Florida’s paramount recreational areas.

Fort Clinch Walking Tour

Fernandina Beach   0.6 miles

Roam an impressive, interpreted Third System fortress on the Florida coast along this walking tour that makes a circuit of the interior of Fort Clinch.

Fort Matanzas National Monument

St. Augustine   0.5 miles

On the shores of Fort Matanzas, a significant historic site south of St. Augustine, the dunes are now swaddled in coastal hammock. Visit them on an accessible boardwalk.

Fort Mose Historic State Park

Interpreting the first free African settlement in what would become the United States, Fort Mose educates through storytelling along 1.1 miles of trails and within its museum.

Gamble Plantation Historic State Park

Notable as the last surviving antebellum home in South Florida, the Gamble Mansion once anchored a 3,500 acre sugar plantation along the Manatee River.

Hallstrom Farmstead

Vero Beach   1.4 miles

Encircling the historic Hallstrom House, sand pine scrub provides a unique habitat for a rare and endangered species of native mint along this 1.4 mile loop.

Harry P. Leu Gardens

Fifty acres of formal gardens hug Lake Rowena in this historic display of botanical diversity in Orlando.

Highlands Hammock State Park

Sebring   12.4 miles

One of Florida's oldest state parks, Highlands Hammock protects an old-growth forest while enabling you to explore it on a network of fascinating interpretive nature trails.

Historic Spanish Point

Osprey   1.2 miles

A prominent peninsula in Little Sarasota Bay at Osprey, Historic Spanish Point fascinates with its layer cake of Florida’s past, both human and floral.

Indian Riverside Park

Jensen Beach   1.3 miles

Extending from shoreline bluffs to soft beaches along the Indian River Lagoon, this waterfront park in Jensen Beach has an accessible linear walkway linking points of interest.