National Estuarine Research Reserves
Hiking, biking, camping, and paddling on federal lands managed to protect our estuaries.

Outdoor Recreation Destinations on public lands in Florida

Hiking, biking, camping, and paddling on federal lands managed to protect our estuaries.

Hundreds of miles of trails and dozens of campgrounds and recreation areas make the Ocala, Apalachicola, and Osceola National Forests compelling outdoor destinations.

Established in 1957 to prevent the extinction of the diminutive Key deer, National Key Deer Refuge spans 84,351 acres across 25 islands in the Lower Keys.

Destinations for visitors from around the world, our National Parks in Florida provide interpretation and recreation at seashores, historic sites, and vast wild spaces like the world's only Everglades.

Birders delight during the winter months at our National Wildlife Refuges in Florida, the birthplace of the National Wildlife Refuge system.

Memorials and reenactments keep alive the spirits of the soldiers who perished at Natural Bridge during one of the last and largest battles of the Civil War in Florida.

Outdoor recreation on lands managed by a private land trust that allows public access for recreation

Connecting three rural counties, the Nature Coast Trail offers several different ways to ride between towns along 31.5 miles of paved bike path

Defining the waterfront of a historic residential community, Navy Point Linear Park offers a recreation corridor across Bayou Grande from Naval Air Station Pensacola.

Well-marked hiking and biking trails lead to a dugout canoe replica at the edge of a lake once known as Pithlachocco, "the place of long boats."

Wildflowers bloom throughout the year alongside a series of interconnected trails crisscrossing forested woodlands near the headwaters of the St. Marks River.

Whispers of the past carry on salt breezes across a wild landscape once home to an ancient civilization straddling the bounty of the Tolomato River estuary.
