Florida Hikes
Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
Wheelchair-bound? Slow walker? Enjoy Florida’s outdoors on these trails that offer solid, accessible surfaces.
One of the largest palm collections in the United States is the backdrop for the oversized works of sculptor Ann Norton at Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, a 1.7 acre tropical estate with historic buildings in West Palm Beach.
Whether a five-level observation tower or at ground level with the land crabs, Anne Kolb Nature Center focuses on the urban mangrove forest that it protects and interprets.
Along a picturesque Atlantic beach, a family-friendly accessible boardwalk weaves through a coastal forest, passing several covered picnic tables along the way.
A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve blankets nearly a quarter million miles of marine basin on Florida's Forgotten Coast.
A delightful destination for learning about Apalachicola Bay, the headquarters of Apalachicola NERR boasts a nature center and more than a half mile of gentle interpretive trails
Encompassing 63 acres along Tampa Bay, Apollo Beach Nature Preserve offers a natural waterfront and scenic views from an accessible observation tower.
At the site of Florida’s first "modern" industrial complex, Arcadia Mill features an accessible boardwalk offering a glimpse of the past and the gradual return of natural landscapes.
A breezy walk along the St. Johns River awaits at this park near the north end of Arlington, its half mile riverside boardwalk connecting to showy upland trails and to Blue Cypress Park.
Connecting Auburndale with Polk City and the Van Fleet Trail, this linear bike path is a greenway through a growing community along the Polk Parkway east of Lakeland
Reclaiming a beautiful stretch of waterfront along the Blackwater River below Milton, Bagdad Mill Site Park restored a historic mill site while interpreting its past.
Along the St. Johns River at Lake Beresford, discover the river anew through William Bartram's eyes as he recorded his observations of alligators, fish, and flora in 1774.
On the northern end of Key Biscayne, a set of sandy and paved trails lead out to a boardwalk overlooking fossilized coral reefs and downtown Miami in the distance.
