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Sams House Hammock Loop

Best Family Hikes

Our very favorite places in Florida to send families with young children. These are locations where your kids will have a lot of fun while enjoying the outdoors.

Apalachicola NERR Nature Center

Nature Center Trails kiosk Apalachicola NERR

Apalachicola NERR  |  Eastpoint
( 29.7301, -84.8866 )      0.8 miles

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

Barrier Island Sanctuary

Barrier Island Trail

Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge  |  Melbourne Beach
( 27.9030, -80.4714 )      1.0 miles

Home to a gentle 1-mile loop hike through coastal habitats, Barrier Island Sanctuary is a gateway to Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, with an informative oceanfront coastal biology center.

Bear Cut Preserve

Bear Cut Preserve

Crandon Park  |  Miami
( 25.715894, -80.150372 )      2.2 miles

Protecting natural habitats at the north end of Crandon Park, Bear Cut Preserve offers a different perspective on the shoreline of Key Biscayne, with footpaths and bike paths for exploration.

Big Tree Park

Lady Liberty and photographer

Spring Hammock Preserve  |  Longwood
( 28.720417, -81.331533 )      0.3 miles

While the iconic Senator is no more, Big Tree Park continues to fascinate visitors with its enormous cypress trees, including Lady Liberty. The park provides access to the Cross Seminole Trail.

Blue Spring Boardwalk

Boardwalk at Blue Spring

Blue Spring State Park   |  Orange City
( 28.9424, -81.3411 )      1.2 miles

If you’ve never seen manatees by the dozens, let alone a hundred or more at once, there is no better place in Florida to watch these gentle giants than the Blue Spring Boardwalk in the wintertime

Boyd Hill Nature Preserve

Path at Boyd Hill Park

St. Petersburg      ( 27.725417, -82.649867 )      3.0 miles

Once a zoo in St. Petersburg, Boyd Hill Park has 3 miles of trails looping through a mosaic of natural habitats and tropical landscapes along Lake Maggiore.

Brooker Creek Preserve

Tarpon Springs      ( 28.1319, -82.6566 )      4.5 miles

The largest nature preserve in Pinellas County, Brooker Creek Preserve protects a mosaic of vanishing habitats while interpreting their value along more than 4 miles of trails.

Castaway Island Preserve

Castaway Island Preserve

Jacksonville      ( 30.296053,-81.433554 )      0.9 miles

Along the meandering, estuarine San Pablo River, Castaway Island Preserve is a breezy spot to get away from the city and enjoy a breath of fresh air on a nature trail

Crane Point Hammock

Adderly House at Crane Point Hammock

Marathon      ( 24.716525,-81.075822 )      

Part native, part cultivated, Crane Point Hammock is 63 acres of tropical hardwood hammock in the heart of Marathon. Preserved from development in 1989 by the Florida Keys Land Trust, it is the largest tropical hammock in the Middle Keys.

Daggerwing Nature Center

Pond apple tree

South County Regional Park  |  Boca Raton
( 26.379367, -80.225700 )      0.6 miles

Behind Daggerwing Nature Center in busy South County Regional Park, an accessible boardwalk trail leads you into a remnant of tropical habitat with ancient trees.

De Soto National Memorial

De Soto National Memorial

Bradenton      ( 27.520350, -82.644483 )      1.1 miles

Commemorating the landing of Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto, De Soto National Memorial is a significant archaeological site where the Manatee River flows into Tampa Bay.

Dudley Farm Historic State Park

Dudley Farm

Gainesville      ( 29.654419,-82.544557 )      1.0 miles

For a ramble through a authentic Florida pioneer homestead, visit Dudley Farm Historic State Park, which interprets the life of the 1800s Florida family that lived here

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