Alafia River State Park lets you launch on a Florida downhill while mountain biking the rugged terrain of a reforested open pit mine.
Car Camping
Explore the best places to tent camp in Florida without being far from your car
Explore the best places to tent camp in Florida without being far from your car
Lithia ( 27.780506,-82.145509 ) 42 miles
Alafia River State Park lets you launch on a Florida downhill while mountain biking the rugged terrain of a reforested open pit mine.
Ocala National Forest |  Astor
( 29.079006, -81.577921 )
Surrounding one of Florida’s most picturesque first magnitude springs, Alexander Springs is a prime destination for a summer swim or snorkel
St. Augustine ( 29.88016,-81.285451 )
Anastasia State Park is windswept and sandy, with an arc of beach that stretches four miles to Matanzas Inlet, curving in on itself to face the ancient city of St. Augustine.
Tallahassee ( 30.177157, -84.678564 )
Noted for its botanical beauty, the Apalachicola National Forest is the largest National Forest in Florida, sweeping south and west of Tallahassee
Florida Keys ( 24.660205,-81.273654 )
Long known for its natural beaches, Bahia Honda State Park continues to heal after the ravages of Hurricane Irma stripped much of its tropical vegetation
Jacksonville ( 26.990576, -82.302249 ) 10.0 miles
With nearly 40,000 acres along the Florida-Georgia border, John M. Bethea State Forest provides an important corridor for wildlife migrating between the Okefenokee Swamp and Osceola National Forest.
Big Cypress ( 25.857244, -81.034255 )
Protecting nearly three quarters of the million-acre Big Cypress Swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve is Florida’s largest and most remote wilderness.
Pensacola ( 30.321489,-87.403733 ) 6.2 miles
Explore a sweep of coastal forest and wetlands along one of Florida’s largest lagoons, with panoramas that stretch to Perdido Key and the Gulf of Mexico.
Milton ( 30.711735, -86.878773 )
Stunning white sand beaches along the Blackwater River tempt swimmers during the warm months and paddlers and hikers all year to this state park east of Milton.
Orange City ( 28.9516, -81.3337 )
Blue Spring State Park is well acclaimed for being the best place in Florida to see manatees in the wild, and we don’t mean a dozen or two. Think hundreds.
Green Cove Springs ( 30.036493, -81.712794 ) 2 miles
In a deeply forested area on Black Creek north of Green Cove Springs, Camp Chowenwaw Park provides campers and hikers a unique destination, a former Girl Scout Camp with a rich history.
Cary State Forest |  Baldwin
( 30.399850, -81.926772 ) 1.4 miles
In the vast mosaic of pines and cypress swamp west of Jacksonville protected by Cary State Forest, the 1.4 mile Cary Nature Trail makes a great family outing
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