Florida Hikes
Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
Parks, trails, and communities along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico in Florida, from Perdido Key to Marco Island.
14.3 miles. Hugging the Big Bend coastline, this hike through Aucilla WMA and St. Marks NWR offers some of the most breathtaking panoramas you'll find along the Florida Trail, and a profusion of wildlife.
6.9 miles. At the westernmost tip of Santa Rosa Island, the Florida Trail comes to its Northern Terminus in the shadow of the most important historic sites in Northwest Florida, Fort Pickens.
Discover magnificent salt marshes and pine forests where the Florida Trail traverses wild coastlines of the Big Bend in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
3.2 miles. At the UWF/SRIA Dunes Preserve on Santa Rosa Island, the Florida Trail traverses a series of coastal habitats cradled by the sweeping dunes, providing a one-of-a-kind hike.
Spanning from the Gulf of Mexico to the Withlacoochee River, Florida's Adventure Coast stakes its claim with outdoor activities to choose from in every season.
Savor a sunset over placid waters at this "end of the road" park where Crystal River meets the Gulf of Mexico.
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
With more than seven miles of beaches along Santa Rosa Island, the Fort Pickens Unit at Gulf Islands National Seashore is a compelling destination at Pensacola Beach.
One of the largest and oldest communities in Okaloosa County, Fort Walton Beach sits between Choctawhatchee Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, with Eglin Air Force Base to the north.
Protecting a string of beaches along the Gulf shore of Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island, this far-flung outpost of Lee County has one of Florida's most delightful lighthouse museums.
A duo of interpretive trails explores windswept habitats sandwiched between Western Lake, a coastal dune lake on the South Walton coast, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Stretching across three Gulf Coast states, Gulf Islands National Seashore protects portions of the barrier islands between Navarre Beach, Florida and Gulfport, Mississippi.
