Cape Haze Pioneer Trail Park
Port Charlotte milesThe northern terminus of the Cape Haze Pioneer Trail provides a place to bike and hike and a bit of regional history.
Caracara Prairie Preserve
Immokalee 5.3 milesNamed after a striking bird of prey known to frequent this part of the state, a well-marked loop trail winds across shady hammocks, cattle pastures, and open prairies.
Carlton Reserve
Venice 35.2 milesLess than a dozen miles from downtown Venice, the vast expanse of T. Mabry Carlton Reserve provides regional drinking water and a massive refuge for wildlife.
Carlton Reserve Hiking Trails
Venice 2.0 milesExplore open prairies, wetlands, and pine flatwoods on a series of nested loop trails within the vast expanse of Carlton Reserve north of Venice.
Caspersen Beach Park
Venice 3.6 milesThe southernmost beach in Venice, Caspersen Beach is best known for its bounty of fossil shark's teeth, which people scoop and stoop to dig out of the sand.
Cayo Costa Hiking Trails
Cayo Costa State Park 6.5 milesOffshore from Boca Grande and Pine Island, Cayo Costa State Park is tough to get to but the 6.5 miles of trails and many more miles of beaches will be yours to roam
Cayo Costa State Park
To spend a day or a weekend on your own deserted island? Heaven. This is one of the tougher and costlier state parks to get to, but well worth it.
Cedar Point Environmental Park
Englewood 2.5 milesWhere Oyster Creek flows into Lemon Bay, Cedar Point Environmental Park protects a spectrum of coastal habitats along a wildlife-rich peninsula ready for exploration on foot.
Celery Fields
Sarasota 3.2 milesA historic agricultural area transformed into a haven for birders, Celery Fields offers easy walking, running, and biking on paved and unpaved trails built around restored wetlands.
Charlotte Harbor
Where the Peace and Myakka Rivers meet, Charlotte Harbor covers more than five square miles, with the Charlotte County Blueway Trails providing paddlers access.
Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park
Stretched long and thin to follow the convoluted shoreline of Charlotte Harbor, Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park protects more than 100 miles of coastline along the Gulf Coast.
Collier-Seminole Hiking Trail
Naples 6.5 milesA wet and wild 6.5-mile loop into the watery wilderness of the Big Cypress Swamp, the Collier-Seminole Hiking Trail provides a challenging wade into beauty.