Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park
Within city limits yet truly wild, Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park protects more than 4,000 acres along the edges of enormous estuaries draining into the St. Johns River.


Within city limits yet truly wild, Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park protects more than 4,000 acres along the edges of enormous estuaries draining into the St. Johns River.

With interconnections to adjoining public lands, the extensive trail network at Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park connects more than 15 miles of trails to many miles more.

Along the sweep of Charlotte Harbor at Punta Gorda, natural lands provide places to trek and paddle while miles of bike paths beckon

Spanning 2.3 miles along Charlotte Harbor, the Harborwalk is a recreational gem in downtown Punta Gorda

On nine acres in residential Punta Gorda along the Shared Use Path, History Park preserves historic buildings in a garden setting within a block of Linear Park.

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.

Once a center of tobacco farming in Florida, Quincy became known for its Victorian homes and arts thanks to early investment in the Coca-Cola Company. It is the county seat of Gadsden County.

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 stroll through the gardens of Rainbow Springs leads to rolling terrain punctuated with centuries-old ravines created by phosphate mining for a walk into Dunnellon's past.
