Haunting cypress swamps. A shimmer of blue against white as the Suwannee River slips beneath limestone cliffs. Rolling sandhills where fox squirrels peer from ancient live oaks.
That’s part of what you’ll find while hiking the Florida Trail through North Florida: more wild places than are seen throughout the rest of the Florida peninsula.
As it makes its curve west of the Jacksonville metro, the Florida Trail leads hikers through its very first continuous section of footpath.
This piece ties together the Ocala and Suwannee sections, both established in the late 1960s. Linking state parks, national forests, state forests, and greenways, it showcases the region’s public lands.
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Trail Sections
Each of these sections correspond to a smaller segment of the Florida Trail in this region, northwest to southeast.



TRAIL TOWNS: Salt Springs, Palatka, Keystone Heights, Lake Butler, Lake City, White Springs, Live Oak, Dowling Park