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Fort Myers

Trails in Fort Myers can enter a mangrove tunnel, a pine forest, or traverse a boardwalk in the Big Cypress Swamp, offering an outstanding diversity of habitats
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Alligator Creek Preserve

Pond at Alligator Creek Preserve

Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park  |  Punta Gorda
( 26.874084,-82.027217 )      2.8 miles

At Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center, Alligator Creek Preserve offers two gentle loop trails where freshwater and saltwater habitats meet

Babcock Ecotour Trail

Babcock Ecotour Trail

Babcock Ranch Preserve  |  Punta Gorda
( 26.858184, -81.720377 )      2.3 miles

At Babcock Wilderness Adventures – a popular ecotourism attraction east of Punta Gorda – the Ecotour Trail is a no-cost option to getting your feet wet on an exploration of wet flatwoods habitats along a well-maintained trail through the palmetto prairie.

Babcock Ranch Footprints Trail

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Babcock Ranch Preserve  |  Punta Gorda
( 26.945444, -81.754461 )      2.2 miles

Following old forest roads, the purple-blazed loop of the Footprints Trail through the heart of Babcock Ranch, a vast prairie punctuated by cypress strands, provides a simple introduction to this often-squishy ecosystem.

Bailey Tract

Ding Darling Bailey Tract

Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge  |  Sanibel Island
( 26.428600, -82.080600 )      1.1 miles

One of the lesser-known trails at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge is at the Bailey Tract, off Tarpon Bay Road. Loop around impoundments with great birding.

Beach walk at Blind Pass

Blind Pass Beach, Sanibel Island

December 4, 2010    Sandra Friend

Where’s the best place on Sanibel to look for sea shells? It all depends on recent currents and storm deposits. We found a bountiful shell bank at Blind Pass Beach, where Sanibel and Captiva meet.

Black Island Trail

Black Island Trail

Lovers Key State Park  |  Estero
( 26.394387, -81.876292 )      5.0 miles

At Lovers Key State Park, head to the north end of the island to explore the Black Island Trail, a series of loops on “created” land.

Cabbage Key Nature Trail

Cabbage Key Trail

Pine Island Sound      ( 26.6565, -82.2225 )      0.5 miles

Hike the Cabbage Key Nature Trail for a step back in time on an island known for its great cheeseburgers and layers of mystery, from Calusa times to a mystery writer’s family retreat

Caloosahatchee Regional Park

Caloosahatchee Regional Park

Caloosahatchee River  |  Fort Myers
( 26.7221, -81.6514 )      3.4 miles

Providing a rare peek into unspoiled upland and floodplain habitats along the Caloosahatchee River, Caloosahatchee Regional Park evokes the wilderness in which the Calusa lived

Calusa Shell Mound Trail

Calusa Shell Mound

Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge  |  Sanibel Island
( 26.473566, -82.152568 )      0.4 miles

A wheelchair-accessible boardwalk near the end of Wildlife Drive in Ding Darling NWR, the Calusa Shell Mound Trail provides a peek into the ancient history of Sanibel Island.

CREW Cypress Dome Trails

Cypress dome

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed  |  Estero
( 26.456468, -81.562205 )      4.4 miles

On this 4.4 mile loop, experience an impressive array of habitats in Florida panther habitat – from sandy flatwoods to flooded cypress swamps – in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed.

CREW Flint Pen Strand

Red blaze post amid pines

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed  |  Estero
( 26.333780, -81.690867 )      13.4 miles

Just four miles east of Interstate 75, get your feet wet in one corner of the vast the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed on the trails of Flint Pen Strand.

CREW Marsh Trails

Blaze post on prairie trail

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed  |  Fort Myers
( 26.491833, -81.533974 )      3.1 miles

At CREW Marsh, a network of well-marked paths crisscrosses the northwestern tip of the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, providing loops of up to 3.1 miles along a vast marsh.

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