Florida Hikes

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

Prairie edged by pines

Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge

Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge blankets 26,605 acres north of Alligator Alley, protecting habitat for Florida’s apex predator.

Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge

Explore the habitat of Florida's apex predator on a pair of short hiking trails in one small corner of the vast territory that the endangered Florida panther roams.

Leslie M. Duncan Memorial Trail

Immokalee   0.4 miles

Try a tiny sample of the vast mosaic of habitats within the 26,000-acre Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge on this short accessible-with-assistance loop.

Panther Prowls & Gator Growls

Will you see a panther when hiking at Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge? I was fortunate to hike with a panther biologist and go on a tracking expedition, but we still came up empty-handed when it came to finding a big cat.

Panther Trail

Immokalee   1.3 miles

Tunnel through verdant tropical forests and wade across open prairies on the Panther Trail, a 1.3 mile natural surface circuit through Florida panther territory at Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge.