Apoxee Wilderness Trail
West Palm Beach 4.7 milesIn the wet prairies and tropical hammocks of Apoxee Wilderness, an urban wilderness area, tackle a 4.7-mile day hike through the southernmost part of Grassy Waters Preserve.
Big Cypress South Loop
Big Cypress National Preserve 16.2 milesExplore a grand mosaic of sawgrass prairies, cypress swamps, and pinelands on a 16.2 mile remote backcountry loop along the Florida Trail starting at Oasis Visitor Center.
Brooker Creek Preserve
Tarpon Springs 4.3 milesThe largest nature preserve in Pinellas County, Brooker Creek Preserve protects a mosaic of vanishing habitats while interpreting their value along 6.2 miles of trails.
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.
CREW Flint Pen Strand
Estero 13.4 milesJust four miles east of Interstate 75, get your feet wet in one corner of the vast the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed on the trails of Flint Pen Strand.
CREW Flint Pen Strand Big Loop
Estero 7.7 milesPlunge into a wild landscape of verdant pine forests and mysterious cypress swamps on a series of connected loops stretching from Flint Pen Strand to the Bird Rookery Swamp Trail.
CREW Marsh Trails
Fort Myers 3.1 milesAt CREW Marsh, a network of well-marked paths crisscrosses the northwestern tip of the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, providing loops of up to 3.1 miles along a vast marsh.
DuPuis Loop Trail
Indiantown 16.5 milesMade up of four stacked loops, the DuPuis Loop Trail lets you tailor your length of hike from 5.3 to 16.5 miles.
Estero River Scrub
Estero 5.0 milesSkirting the edge of a tidal marsh alongside Estero Bay, the loop trails at Estero River Scrub are incredibly unique and a challenge to hike.
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Everglades City 59.5 milesIt’s the Amazon of North America, home of the ghost orchid. Protecting more than 85,000 acres, Fakahatchee Strand is Florida's largest state preserve and most certainly our wildest.
Fern Forest Nature Center
Coconut Creek 3.0 milesA bounty of ferns awaits where three miles of trails introduce you to a slice of Florida’s past, a tropical forest surrounding the original floodplain of Cypress Creek near Fort Lauderdale.
Florida Trail, Big Cypress South
Big Cypress National Preserve 30.3 miles30.3 miles. Traversing a vast wilderness in the wet wilds of Big Cypress National Preserve, the southernmost segment of the Florida Trail is the toughest backpacking trip in Florida