Florida Hikes

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Historic marker at park and beach

Cedar Key

Perhaps the most popular getaway on Florida’s Nature Coast, Cedar Key is at the end of a 24-mile highway that follows a railroad bed which naturalist John Muir walked.
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Atsena Otie Key

Cedar Key   2.0 miles

The original Cedar Key isn't where you think. It's offshore, within sight of the current waterfront, an island called Atsena Otie Key, part of Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge.

Cedar Key Museum Historic State Park

A museum started by seashell collector St. Clair Whitman also honors the legacy of John Muir's travels through Florida on foot at Cedar Key Museum Historic State Park.

Cedar Key Museum Nature Trail

Cedar Key   0.3 miles

A quarter-mile nature trail behind the Whitman House at Cedar Key Historic State Park showcases views of the estuary surrounding the island.

Cedar Key Scrub East Loop

Cedar Key   3.1 miles

One of Florida's most northerly locations home to the Florida scrub-jay, Cedar Key Scrub Reserve provides birders a quiet walk along its scenic East Loop.

Cedar Key Scrub Reserve

Cedar Key   11.8 miles

Along a gradient of habitats from scrub to coastal salt marsh, Cedar Key Scrub Reserve provides two loop trails open to hikers, cyclists, and equestrians.

Dennis Creek Trail

Cedar Key   1.0 miles

At the Shell Mound Unit of Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, the Dennis Creek Trail immerses you in classic habitats of the Gulf Coast along a 1-mile loop.

Lower Suwannee NWR

One of Florida's more remote National Wildlife Refuges, the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge spans two counties, protecting over 30 miles of coastline along the Big Bend.

Lower Suwannee River Trail

Chiefland   0.6 miles

Immerse in the massive floodplain forest surrounding the Suwannee River as it nears the Gulf of Mexico, on the the River Trail at Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, a boardwalk to the river's edge.