Florida Hikes

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

Fakahatchee ferns

Launch Points

Parks and other public lands where you can launch your own canoe, kayak, or paddleboard. These locations may or may not have rentals available.

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

With recreational activities ranging from hiking to biking, boating, fishing, and bioluminscent kayaking, Florida's top destination for birding is also home to Kennedy Space Center.

Merritt’s Mill Pond

The astounding hues of spring-fed Merritt's Mill Pond make it a compelling destination for paddling and diving.

Morrison Springs Park

Surrounded by a rim of old growth cypress, Morrison Springs is a beautiful second magnitude spring with swimming and diver access down an interpretive boardwalk.

Moss Park

Orlando   miles

On a breezy isthmus between Lake Hart and Lake Mary Jane, Moss Park offers superb campsites and picnic pavilions under moss-draped live oaks.

Msgt John E Hayes Memorial Park

Middleburg   0.5 miles

With five acres of waterfront and boater access to Black Creek in Middleburg, Msgt. John E Hayes Memorial Park honors a hometown hero and protects old-growth cypress.

Mullet Lake Park

Geneva   0.8 miles

Set along a remote sweep of vast marshes along the St. Johns River, Mullet Lake Park is home to a stunning array of swamp sunflowers each fall.

Navy Point Linear Park

Pensacola   4.6 miles

Defining the waterfront of a historic residential community, Navy Point Linear Park offers a recreation corridor across Bayou Grande from Naval Air Station Pensacola.

Nocatee Landing

Ponte Vedra   2.0 miles

Whispers of the past carry on salt breezes across a wild landscape once home to an ancient civilization straddling the bounty of the Tolomato River estuary.

Nocatee Preserve

Ponte Vedra   10.5 miles

A linear buffer between a massive planned community and the Tolomato River in Palm Valley, Nocatee Preserve protects 2,400 acres of riverfront habitats north of St. Augustine.

North Peninsula State Park

Ormond Beach   2.3 miles

Neatly accessed via a scenic drive extending north from Ormond Beach, North Peninsula State Park has two tantalizing miles of oceanfront along a palm-rimmed line of dunes.

Okaloosa Area

Fort Walton Beach   1.0 miles

A broad sweep of beach and coastal habitats are protected along Choctawhatchee Bay within the Okaloosa Area, the easternmost unit of Gulf Islands National Seashore.