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Citrus Trail at Lizzie Hart Sink

Central Florida

With some of the state’s largest population centers and easiest access by air, Central Florida is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts in the know.

INTERACTIVE MAP

St. Sebastian River Preserve Green Trail

Pine savanna

St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park  |  Fellsmere
( 27.824207, -80.607460 )      9.7 miles

Winding through 9.7 miles of panoramic pine savannas, the Green Trail at St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park offers a cozy campsite near its trailhead.

St. Sebastian River Preserve Red Trail

Red blaze with sign and trail in scrub

St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park  |  Fellsmere
( 27.767755, -80.565054 )      14.9 miles

Wildlife abounds within scrub, oak hammock, and pine flatwoods habitats along the 14.9-mile Red Trail loop at St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park.

St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

Fellsmere      ( 27.8251, -80.6066 )      40.0 miles

Cut in two by Interstate 95 south of Melbourne, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park spans 35 square miles across two counties, protecting a mosaic of habitats for wildlife, particularly the Florida scrub-jay.

St. Sebastian River Preserve Yellow Trail

Yellow Trail sign in pine forest

St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park  |  Fellsmere
( 27.824207, -80.607460 )      8.1 miles

Navigating a longleaf pine forest blanketed with countless wildflowers, the Yellow Trail at St. Sebastian State Preserve is a great destination for spotting rare red-cockaded woodpeckers.

Stephen J. Wortham Park

Sandy hiking trail under pines

Riverview      ( 27.821673, -82.287574 )      1.3 miles

Explore a beautiful green space tucked into the Tampa metro area, offering stunning natural landscapes and opportunities to spot native wildlife.

Sugar Mill Gardens

Sugar Mill Gardens

Port Orange      ( 29.140788,-81.006202 )      

Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens has a long history, from the Dunlawton Plantation to a stint in the 1950s as Bongoland, a roadside attraction with dinosaurs.

Sugar Mill Ruins Park

Peeking through an arch in the coquina walls

New Smyrna Beach      ( 29.009093, -80.940358 )      0.25 miles

At Sugar Mill Ruins Park in New Smyrna Beach, an interpretive trail tells the story of the Cruger-dePeyster Sugar Mill, established in 1830 and abandoned in 1835 after a Seminole raid

Sulphur Island Loop

Junction of blue and yellow trails

Seminole State Forest   |  Sorrento
( 28.890069, -81.461369 )      9.0 miles

A short distance from the bustling metropolis of Orlando, the Sulphur Island Loop Trail explores one of Florida’s endangered ecosystems, the scrub.

SUMICA

Wet prairie at SUMICA

Lake Wales      ( 27.856592, -81.375369 )      6.2 miles

With up to 6.2 miles of trails – many of them a bit wet – SUMICA is one of the natural lands in Polk County where birding is especially superb.

Suncoast Trail

Suncoast Trail at Centralia

Brooksville, New Port Richey, Spring Hill, Tampa      ( 28.456522, -82.485303 )      41.3 miles

Stretching 41.3 miles from the Tampa metro to north of Brooksville, the Suncoast Trail is one of the longest continuous paved bike paths in Florida

Sunflower Season at Cannon Farms

June 11, 2019    Sandra Friend

When a sea of sunflowers pops up along the Cross Florida Greenway, it’s an attention getter. Meet Cannon Farms, a family farm right along the Florida Trail in Dunnellon.

Sunken Gardens

Flamingo feeding at Sunken Gardens

St. Petersburg      ( 27.790007,-82.63789 )      

One of Florida’s oldest roadside attractions, Sunken Gardens is now a county park showing off more than a century’s worth of botanical bounty in St. Petersburg

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