Whispering Pines Park
Inverness 3.3 milesAt Whispering Pines Park, a network of nature trails explores a densely wooded family-friendly city park with racketball courts, disc golf, a public pool, splash pad, and more.

Outdoor Recreation Destinations on public lands in Florida

At Whispering Pines Park, a network of nature trails explores a densely wooded family-friendly city park with racketball courts, disc golf, a public pool, splash pad, and more.

An easy sample of habitats found across the 3,300 acres of Palm Bluff Conservation Area, the White Trail offers a short loop through the Deep Creek floodplain.

Historic and natural landscapes come together along impressively accessible trails at this picturesque conservation area on a WWII-era training base.

Along an upland trail in Chassahowitzka WMA, Wild Turkey Trace immerses you in the turkey oaks and pines of the sandhill forest, with the surprise of a boggy marsh along the way.

On this 1.6 mile loop, traverse sandy bluffs and pine forests along the scenic Blackwater River at a remote park northwest of Crestview.

Outdoor recreation in conservation areas managed as wildlife habitat by FWC.

Recreation in Wildlife Management Areas overseen by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A small but welcoming green space in suburban Sanford, Wilsons Landing Park provides accessible access to a beauty spot on the Wekiva River.

Miles of marked trails wind through restored wetlands and pine forests teeming with birds on a large parcel of land saved from development after years of agricultural use.

See coral fossils up close in a tropical forest at Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park to learn the natural history of how the Florida Keys were formed.

Named after a blackwater stream at the headwaters of the Myakka River, Wingate Creek State Park showcases natural scrub communities home to the rare and endangered Florida scrub-jay.

Pull on your swamp shoes to explore one of Volusia County's most remote trail systems along a massive basin swamp in the St. Johns River floodplain.
