Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
A fishing village on the Big Bend Scenic Byway along the Gulf of Mexico, Carrabelle has a unique history as an Army base where the D-Day Invasion of World War II was practiced on its beaches.
Noted for its botanical beauty, the Apalachicola National Forest is the largest National Forest in Florida, sweeping south and west of Tallahassee
Along the 167-mile length of the Apalachicola River, it is cradled by both tall bluffs and extensive wetlands, both boasting botanical beauty
Where Ochlockonee Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico along the Forgotten Coast, quiet Bald Point State Park protects the tip of the peninsula, providing beaches to roam and estuaries and uplands to explore
14.3 miles. Delving deep into the swampy heart of the Apalachicola National Forest, this section spans some of the gnarliest titi and gum swamps you’ll see outside of Bradwell Bay.
4.6 miles. A deep immersion in pine flatwoods and titi swamps awaits along this segment of the Florida Trail, which uses many old forest roads to cross tributaries draining into the Ochlockonee River.
Discover the beauty of the Forgotten Coast by hiking one or both loops through coastal scrub protected atop high dunes inside Tate’s Hell State Forest
Leading to a stand of dwarf bald cypress centuries old and less than 15 feet tall, the Kendrick Boardwalk at Tate’s Hell State Forest is one of the weirder botanical spots in the Florida Panhandle
A Blue Plate Special? That’s what you’ll find at Carrabelle Junction, a retro diner on the Forgotten Coast
One of Florida’s more enormous state forests with over 202,000 acres, Tate’s Hell is a vast coastal swamp sliced and diced by timber barons before being preserved by the state
