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Florida Trail Kissimmee

Florida Trail, Kissimmee

Following the Kissimmee River floodplain, this is a scenic section of the Florida Trail with a mix of levees, shady woods, river views, open prairies, and cattle ranches.


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Florida Trail, Three Lakes South

Mown path thrown scrubby palmetto

Florida Trail, Kissimmee  |  Kenansville
( 27.807153, -81.129093 )      8.5 miles

8.5 miles. Winding through picturesque prairies and primordial oak hammocks, the Florida Trail showcases the best of Three Lakes WMA south of the Prairie Lakes Unit.

Florida Trail, Three Lakes WMA

Vast expanse of prairie with blaze post

Three Lakes WMA  |  Kenansville
( 27.92837, -81.125028 )      26.6 miles

At Three Lakes WMA / Prairie Lakes Unit, the Florida Trail traverses one of the largest expanses of open prairie in the Southeast, the Kissimmee Prairie.

Florida Trail, Yates Marsh

Florida Trail Yates Marsh

Florida Trail, Kissimmee  |  Kissimmee PUA
( 27.316511,-81.021699 )      3.3 miles

3.3 miles. Weaving between oak hammocks and pastureland along the Kissimmee River, Yates Marsh is not a wet walk but a pleasant linear hike.

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National Forest Foundation magazine article

January 24, 2011    Sandra Friend

Take an armchair journey up the Florida Trail by reading my feature article starting on page 17 of the Winter / Spring 2011 issue of the official magazine of the National Forest Foundation.

Hiking through Basinger

June 1, 2009    Sandra Friend

The heart of Okeechobee cattle country, Basinger is a historic town just east of the Kissimmee River. Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of exploring a new section of the Florida Trail which passes through Basinger, skirting the village itself to provide hikers with breathtakingly beautiful scenery along Chandler Slough, a cypress-lined tributary of …

Kissimmee River Adventure

Florida Trail Okee-Tantie

January 7, 2009    Sandra Friend

Backpacking the Florida Trail from Okee-tanie to Bluff Hammock along the Kissimmee River section for the first time.

Major Florida Trail Relocation along the Kissimmee River

December 8, 2013    Sandra Friend

After meetings with land managers during Thanksgiving week, the USDA Forest Service has approved a 43.9 mile route that relocates the Florida Trail along the Kissimmee River, shifting the trail from the oft-flooded western shore to the eastern side between Micco Landing off US 98 and the S-65A lock just north of Tick Island Slough. …

Prairie Lakes Loop

White blazed post in pine savanna

Three Lakes WMA  |  Kenansville
( 27.9277, -81.1249 )      11.4 miles

Enjoy the counterpoint of moss-draped oak hammocks and expansive prairies at Prairie Lakes along one of the older and more beloved pieces of the Florida Trail.

Prairie Loop Trail

Prairie Loop Trail

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park  |  Okeechobee
( 27.584209, -81.045357 )      5.6 miles

On a day hike into one of our state’s largest prairies, sample Florida’s own big sky at the state’s first International Dark Sky Park

Prairie Reflections

February 20, 2014    Sandra Friend

Walking the wilds of Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park means hours spent in blazing sun and a landscape that makes you feel inconsequential on this earth.

Scott Driver Recreation Area

Kissimmee River

Florida Trail, Kissimmee  |  Okeechobee
( 27.152666, -80.867591 )      0.5 miles

Providing access to the Kissimmee River, C. Scott Driver Recreation Area is also an important trailhead for the Florida Trail along Lake Okeechobee

Still Life, with Cows

January 23, 2014    Sandra Friend

Walking the whole Florida Trail means miles on pavement where the trail follows roads. On this lonely dead-end road in Basinger, your companions are cows.

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