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Brownish river with wooded surroundings

Brandon

A suburb of Tampa, Brandon provides a gateway to public lands in rural east Hillsborough County and along the Alafia River basin

INTERACTIVE MAP

Alafia River Corridor North

Shaded forest road

Alafia River Corridor Preserve  |  Lithia
( 27.871242, -82.135743 )      6.3 miles

Looping through a former phosphate mine north of the Alafia River, this hike showcases the resilience of nature as the forest reclaims the land.

Alafia River Corridor South

Yellow blazed grassy trail

Alafia River Corridor Preserve  |  Lithia
( 27.821145, -82.145210 )      5.5 miles

With a vast network of trails to choose from, the southern side of the Alafia River Corridor provides multiple routes for hiking and horseback riding.

Alafia River State Park

Lithia      ( 27.780506,-82.145509 )      

Alafia River State Park lets you launch on a Florida downhill while mountain biking the rugged terrain of a reforested open pit mine.

Alderman’s Ford Conservation Park

Tannic river in a forest

Lithia      ( 27.86712, -82.13813 )      7.0 miles

Straddling the confluence of the North and South Prong of the Alafia River, Alderman’s Ford Conservation Park provides immersion into lush riverine forests.

Alderman’s Ford Preserve

Aldermans Ford Preserve

Brandon      ( 27.879559, -82.170972 )      3.3 miles

Alderman’s Ford Preserve offers a surprising treat for a Central Florida hike: whitewater, showcasing the Alafia River churning as it winds through a deeply eroded channel

Apollo Beach Nature Preserve

Apollo Beach Nature Preserve

Apollo Beach      ( 27.790778, -82.419128 )      

With its natural waterfront on Tampa Bay, Apollo Beach Nature Preserve is a perfect place for birders, not beachgoers, a place to launch a kayak and scan the skies for osprey.

Balm Boyette Nature Preserve

Leaning sand pines in scrub

Lithia      ( 27.780115, -82.248700 )      2.0 miles

Open to foot traffic only, the western portion of Balm Boyette Nature Preserve provides a glimpse of endangered scrub ecosystems along a two-mile loop trail.

Bell Creek Nature Preserve

Trail through oak hammock

Riverview      ( 27.840748, -82.301452 )      4.2 miles

Weaving through scrubby habitats on an oasis of natural land surrounded by development, Bell Creek Nature Preserve provides a window to Florida’s vanishing landscapes.

E.G. Simmons Park

Fishing at E.G. Simmons Park, Ruskin

Ruskin      ( 27.739927,-82.466138 )      

E.G. Simmons Park in Ruskin offers a campground along with its beaches and mazy mangrove-lined waterways for paddlers and anglers along Tampa Bay.

Edward Medard Conservation Park

Trail under oaks flanked by ferns

Plant City      ( 27.92519, -82.16683 )      1.4 miles

Meandering over hilly terrain past numerous scenic overlooks, the Singing Bluffs Trail at Edward Medard Conservation Park provides great birding among documented nesting bird colonies.

Eureka Springs

Eureka Springs

Tampa      ( 28.006965, -82.343871 )      0.3 miles

Eureka Springs Park includes what remains of a tropical botanical garden established in 1938 around springs that fed a lush floodplain forest along Six Mile Creek

Fishhawk Creek Preserve North

Alafia River with rugged shoreline

Fishhawk Creek Preserve  |  Brandon
( 27.8649, -82.2279 )      3.5 miles

Hike rolling sandhills and rugged terrain sloping towards scenic views of the Alafia River and Little Fishhawk Creek near Lithia Springs.

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