Florida Hikes

Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides

Close up of water lilies in front of stone picnic shelter

Southeast Florida

Stretching from Sebastian Inlet to Key West, Southeast Florida is heavily populated but still offers a surprisingly rich variety of greenways and natural lands as well as urban parks and beaches.

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Heathcote Botanical Gardens

At the old Crimmins Nursery in Fort Pierce, Heathcote Botanical Gardens makes for a peaceful retreat with meandering pathways through themed plantings.

Highland Oaks Park

Miami   1.1 miles

Take an easy mile stroll along an accessible pathway circling the headwaters of the Oleta River, with a good chance of spotting an endangered American crocodile.

Hobe Mountain Trail

Hobe Sound   0.4 miles

Catch sweeping views in every direction atop the highest natural hill south of Lake Okeechobee on the Hobe Mountain Trail at Jonathan Dickinson State Park.

Hobe Sound

Hobe Sound is the southernmost town along US 1 in Martin County, with natural lands and parks along the Intracoastal Waterway, Atlantic Coastal Ridge, and the Atlantic Ocean.

Hollywood

Discover hidden pockets of nature around one of Florida's largest urban areas, which fronts the Atlantic Ocean

Homestead

Home to Southeast Florida's highest concentration of farms and nurseries, Homestead and Florida City are the gateway to two National Parks and the Florida Keys.

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

Fort Lauderdale   2.8 miles

Amid a tropical forest near the Atlantic Ocean, Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is the former estate of Chicago attorney Hugh Taylor Birch, stretching to the Intracoastal Waterway.

Hungryland Boardwalk

West Palm Beach   1.1 miles

A short walk from the Ocean to Lake Hiking Trail in J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area, a scenic boardwalk loops through cypress forests covered with native orchids and bromeliads.