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

The Florida Trail: A History

How to order a copy of The Florida Trail: Florida’s National Scenic Trail, our limited edition full-color coffee table book that tells the comprehensive story of the first 50 years of routing, building, maintaining, and enjoying our statewide National Scenic Trail.

Up the Kissimmee

January 22, 2013    John Keatley

JK starts solo backpacking up the Kissimmee River, encountering cows, sandhill cranes, and an over-medicated driver who runs him off a roadwalk.

When the levee breaks…

August 1, 2017    Sandra Friend

…Mama, you got to move. And so it goes for the Florida Trail, as the flood-induced breach in a levee along the Kissimmee River south of KICCO means the trail must move in order for clear passage north from Kissimmee Prairie Preserve.