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Miami Kayaking

Paddling in Florida

Places to paddle in Florida, including rivers and streams, spring runs, freshwater lakes, coastal lakes and lagoons, and coastal paddling trails

Cape Florida State Park

Cape Florida State Park

Key Biscayne      ( 25.680886,-80.157434 )      

A popular destination for sun worshipers, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park is an easy getaway for most folks in the Miami area, with a long strand of beachfront complimenting trails along Biscayne Bay and a historic lighthouse at the point.

Caspersen Beach Park

Caspersen Beach Park

Venice      ( 27.057233, -82.442700 )      3.6 miles

The 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 State Park

View of La Costa Island south tip

Charlotte Harbor | Pine Island Sound      ( 26.671746,-82.242408 )      

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.

Chapel Trail Park Nature Preserve

Chapel Trail Nature Preserve

Davie      ( 26.029029, -80.412720 )      0.8 miles

Preserving 450 acres on the edge of Pembroke Pines, Chapel Trail Nature Preserve makes an excellent birding destination as well as an easy-to-reach sampler of Everglades flora and fauna

Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park

Needlerush marsh Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park

Punta Gorda      ( 26.87355,-82.023981 )      

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

Cherokee Point Conservation Area

Boardwalk through cattails

St. Cloud      ( 28.22891, -81.36687 )      1.0 miles

Protecting a marshy peninsula on the eastern shore of Lake Tohopekaliga, this remote preserve provides a panorama of natural wetlands from its boardwalk.

Clam Bayou Nature Preserve

Boardwalk at Clam Bayou

St. Petersburg      ( 27.74054, -82.69452 )      1.0 miles

Along an environmentally significant estuary of Boca Ciega Bay, Clam Bayou Nature Preserve offers well-established trails with several overlooks and a kayak launch

Collier-Seminole State Park

Collier Memorial at Collier-Seminole State Park

Naples      ( 25.992111,-81.589968 )      

Protecting the largest natural hammock of royal palms in the United States, Collier-Seminole State Park opened in 1947 south of Naples along the Tamiami Trail.

Colt Creek State Park

Fishing pier on lake

Lakeland      ( 28.303776,-82.055773 )      

Camping beneath the twinkling stars at Colt Creek State Park, enjoy a getaway from the busy bustle of the Interstate 4 corridor between Lakeland and Tampa

Cooter Pond Park

Stacks of cooters at Cooter Pond Park

Inverness      ( 28.835987,-82.328315 )      0.7 miles

In downtown Inverness, Cooter Pond Park is a great place for birding and watching the turtles beneath the extensive boardwalk over the pond.

Crandon Park

Crandon Park

Biscayne Bay  |  Miami
( 25.709548, -80.155929 )      

With two miles of oceanfront on Biscayne Bay, Crandon Park melds a classic Miami beach experience with an immersion in nature.

Crystal River Preserve State Park

Marshes and distant river

Crystal River      ( 28.908915,-82.636997 )      17.1 miles

Crystal River Preserve State Park spans 20 miles of the Gulf Coast between Yankeetown and Homosassa, protecting key manatee habitats along estuaries of the Gulf.

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