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Withlacoochee River at Hog Island

Our Favorite Outdoor Destinations

With 50 years of experience roaming Florida’s outdoors, we have favorite hikes dating all the way back to childhood. Use our favorites as your launch point for your next adventure!

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Centennial Trail

Pelican Island Centennial Trail

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge  |  Sebastian
( 27.803342, -80.429350 )      0.8 miles

Designed the first Federal Bird Reserve in 1903, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge celebrated its century mark by creating this short, scenic, accessible trail for birding

Circle B Bar Reserve

Wetlands at Circle B Bar Reserve

Lakeland      ( 27.989618,-81.857654 )      3.5 miles

For fabulous birding and more alligators than you can count, roam the marshy edge of Lake Hancock on miles of causeways through Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland

Citrus Hiking Trail

Citrus Trail at Lizzie Hart Sink

Withlacoochee State Forest  |  Inverness
( 28.799305, -82.384676 )      39.1 miles

39.1 miles. Savor a rugged hike through rolling hills and rocky terrain on one of Florida’s longest backpacking loops when you take on the Citrus Hiking Trail near Inverness

Clear Creek Nature Trail

Pitcher plants along the Clear Creek Nature Trail

Whiting Field (NAS Pensacola)  |  Milton
( 30.710586, -87.032572 )      1.6 miles

The Clear Creek Nature Trail leads you to a wonderland of bright blossoms and lacy white-veined trumpets reflected against reflections of the sky.

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

boardwalk to big cypresses in Corkscrew

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed  |  Naples
( 26.375724, -81.603725 )      2.3 miles

Weaving beneath a canopy knit by old-growth cypress trees in a majestic swamp forest, the boardwalk at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is one of Florida’s best hikes

Crane Point Hammock

Adderly House at Crane Point Hammock

Marathon      ( 24.716525,-81.075822 )      

Part native, part cultivated, Crane Point Hammock is 63 acres of tropical hammock in the heart of Marathon, with one of the most extensive trail networks in the Florida Keys.

Crooked River Preserve

Crooked River Preserve

Clermont      ( 28.507938, -81.750393 )      1.7 miles

On a 1.7-mile loop, Crooked River Preserve showcases a wide variety of habitats in a short hike on the northernmost extent of the Lake Wales Ridge in Clermont

Cross Florida Greenway

Withlacoochee Bay

Inglis, Dunnellon, Ocala,Belleview, Silver Springs, Palatka      ( 29.105709, -82.094502 )      90 miles

Stretching 90 miles from the St. Johns River near Palatka to the Gulf of Mexico, the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway is a mile-wide recreational corridor with hiking, biking, and equestrian trails as well as paddling and boating access.

Crystal River Archaeological State Park

Middens and marshland

Crystal River Preserve State Park  |  Crystal River
( 28.909798,-82.62895 )      1.0 miles

One of Florida’s more impressive archaeological parks, this interpreted village along Crystal River includes six middens and the only known stele in the southeast United States, one with a pictograph.

Curry Hammock Nature Trail

Tropical rockland hammock

Curry Hammock State Park  |  Marathon
( 24.7413, -80.9972 )      0.4 miles

For an immersion into a tropical rockland hammock and its rare bounty of Florida thatch palms, explore this short but rugged loop at Curry Hammock State Park.

Cypress Boardwalk

Cypress Trail

Highlands Hammock State Park  |  Sebring
( 27.471619, -81.552473 )      0.6 miles

Teeter-tottering above a swamp, experience a stretch of old-time catwalk through the cypress swamp on the Cypress Boardwalk at Highlands Hammock State Park

Cypress Creek Nature Preserve

Trail in tunnel of cabbage palms

Tampa      ( 28.14195, -82.38385 )      4.3 miles

A short drive from downtown Tampa, Cypress Creek Nature Preserve is an interesting window into a gradient of ecosystems along a tributary of the Hillsborough River.

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