Florida Hikes

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

Log and stone park buildings from the 1930s

Civilian Conservation Corps

Public lands – including Florida’s original state parks – with structures constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Established in 1933, this federal jobs program provided employment and skills training for unemployed men in forestry, recreation, and gardening.

Learn more about Florida and the CCC.

Florida Caverns State Park

A dip into Florida’s only show cave brings on an instant sense of cool. But the cave tour isn't the only delight you'll find at Florida Caverns State Park.

Gold Head Branch State Park

One of Florida's oldest state parks and notable for its Civilian Conservation Corps architecture, Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park offers a lesson in Florida topography.

Highlands Hammock State Park

Sebring   12.4 miles

One of Florida's oldest state parks, Highlands Hammock protects an old-growth forest while enabling you to explore it on a network of fascinating interpretive nature trails.

Hillsborough River State Park

Thonotosassa   13.4 miles

With footpaths and picnic grounds built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, this park delights with miles of scenic trails, a swinging bridge, and the froth of river rapids.

Juniper Springs

Silver Springs   1.4 miles

Experience crystalline waters emerging from the midst of the world’s largest scrub forest in a subtropical forest at Juniper Springs in the Ocala National Forest.

O’Leno State Park

At the site of an 1826 pioneer community along the Old Bellamy Road connecting St. Augustine and Tallahassee, O'Leno State Park protects one of North Florida’s weirder geologic wonders, a disappearing river.

Paynes Creek Historic State Park

Bowling Green   4.6 miles

Straddling the former treaty boundary of Seminole lands, this interpretive site along the Peace River features a network of trails tied together by a swinging footbridge.

Ravine Gardens Hiking Trails

Palatka   2.1 miles

A steeply sloped ravine. Tunnels of azaleas. Bubbling springs. Two swaying suspension bridges. That's what makes the loop at Ravine Gardens State Park so much fun.

Ravine Gardens State Park

With swinging bridges over a deep ravine painted in bright colors by azaleas each February, Ravine Gardens State Park offers hiking and biking loops in Palatka

Torreya State Park

Perched on bluffs above the Apalachicola River, Torreya State Park is one of Florida’s first state parks, developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s