Florida Hikes

Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides

Dock in Carrabelle

Carrabelle

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.

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High Bluff Coastal Hiking Trail

Carrabelle   8.7 miles

Discover the beauty of the Forgotten Coast by hiking one or both loops of the High Bluff Coastal Hiking Trail through scrub and wetlands fronting US 98 in Tate's Hell State Forest.

Ralph G. Kendrick Dwarf Cypress Boardwalk

Carrabelle   0.3 miles

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.

Tates Hell State Forest

Carrabelle   10.0 miles

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.