Thanks for the Trails
While hiking through Mills Creek Woodlands on the Florida Trail, I came across these memorials to long time trail maintainers who have spent decades working on the trail in the Orlando area.
The Florida Trail: A History
The Florida Trail: Florida's National Scenic Trail, our limited edition full-color coffee table book, tells the comprehensive story of the first 50 years of routing, building, maintaining, and enjoying our statewide National Scenic Trail.
The Over 80 Across Florida Hike
In 2007, a group of senior hikers made Florida hiking history by successfully completing a backpacking trip from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico via backroads, the Florida Trail, and the Withlacoochee Bay Trail. All were over age 80.
Trail Reflections: Jim Kern’s hiking legacy
The mountains of Borneo. The trails of northern Pakistan. The depths of the Big Cypress Swamp. Florida Trail founder Jim Kern has roamed far and wide over 50 years, a journey he shares in his new book Trail Reflections.
Twenty-Five Years of Florida Trail Guides
After a dozen guidebooks to the Florida Trail across twenty-five years of documenting the changes to the Florida National Scenic Trail, Sandra is handing off that legacy.
What it’s like to hike the Big O Hike
Nine days of walking around Lake Okeechobee is a unique experience that can change your life. Learn what it felt like to join the Big O Hike in these three sets of journals to the day-by-day journey.