Punta Gorda Linear Park
Punta Gorda 2.3 milesA greenway through the heart of historic Punta Gorda, Linear Park provides an unexpected corridor of nature.

Outdoor Recreation Destinations on public lands in Florida

A greenway through the heart of historic Punta Gorda, Linear Park provides an unexpected corridor of nature.

Protecting the remnants of an ancient culture, Queens Island Preserve edges the Indian River Lagoon along the southern end of North Hutchinson Island.

Part of the larger Queens Island Preserve along the Indian River Lagoon, the trail system of Queens Island Preserve North has a separate entrance and loop off the East Coast Greenway.

Experience an impressive variety of mangrove wetlands, boardwalks, sandy shoreline, and coastal wildlife on a mile hike in one compact preserve.

In a narrow slice of forest atop the relict shoreline of Lake Okeechobee, the Rafael Sanchez Trail stays in deep shade for its 5.7 mile linear traverse of the rocky Okeechobee Ridge.

A botanical and a geological delight, Rainbow Springs wraps the beauty of a first-magnitude spring with gardens and waterfalls once part of a classic Florida attraction.

With swinging bridges over a deep ravine painted in bright colors by azaleas each February, Ravine Gardens State Park offers hiking and biking loops in Palatka

Walk beneath a mature live oak canopy along the rim of a protected waterway within the heart of residential Sarasota.

Crossing open pine savannas, pasturelands, and tracing a blackwater creek floodplain, the 7.6-mile Red Trail at Palm Bluff Conservation Area provides a quiet hike east of DeLand.

Sand beaches and salt marshes fringe a wild peninsula along the St. Johns River where trails meander more than a mile to reach a mature hardwood hammock.

An easy loop trail explores lush South Florida pine flatwoods habitats within the Big Cypress Swamp on a small parcel of conservation land near Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

At the Osceola District Schools Environmental Study Center, trails along Reedy Creek Swamp showcase the beauty of the ancient cypress and floodplain forest.
