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Hilly Trails in Florida

Head for the hills! Get some elevation on your next hike or bike ride with these Florida trails that offer hilly terrain, either on rolling hills topped with forests or along abrupt bluffs and dunes.

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Alafia River Corridor North

Shaded forest road

Alafia River Corridor Preserve  |  Lithia
( 27.871242, -82.135743 )      6.3 miles

Looping through a former phosphate mine north of the Alafia River, this hike showcases the resilience of nature as the forest reclaims the land.

Ancient Dunes Trail

Ancient Dunes Trail

Anastasia State Park  |  St. Augustine
( 29.866475, -81.276222 )      0.7 miles

At Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine, the Ancient Dunes Trail leads you on a short scramble up and over relict dunes deeply shaded by ancient live oaks

Angus Gholson Nature Park

Angus Gholson Nature Park

Chattahoochee      ( 30.697700, -84.849189 )      1.0 miles

Above the Apalachicola River, the community of Chattahoochee hides a natural treasure in its deep ravines—a park named for its native son, botanist Angus Gholson.

Big Oak Trail

View of railroad bridge and rivers from peninsula

Florida Trail, Suwannee  |  Ellaville
( 30.314904, -83.159286 )      5.9 miles

The Big Oak Trail is one of the most scenic hikes in North Florida. Much of the hiking parallels the Suwannee and Withlacoochee Rivers, which meet here at a confluence.

Bok Tower Gardens

Atop Iron Mountain at Bok Tower Gardens

Lake Wales      ( 27.917345,-81.565998 )      

Atop one of the highest hills in the Florida Peninsula, Bok Tower Gardens is one of Florida’s most spectacular landscaped gardens, “something to appeal to both man and animal, a meditative place,” as envisioned by Edward William Bok in the 1920s.

Butler Mill Trail

Butler Mill Trail

Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park  |  Tallahassee
( 30.5008, -84.314 )      0.8 miles

Lake Jackson Mounds is best known for being one of the largest ceremonial temple mound complexes in the Southeast, but it offers a cool, shady nature trail, too

Catfish Creek Preserve State Park

Prairie basin with tall orange grasses

Lake Wales      ( 27.984103,-81.497243 )      10.2 miles

At Catfish Creek Preserve State Park, the steep ridges of blinding white sand are some of Florida’s most ancient landscapes, an unusual and unique natural area for Central Florida

Caverns Trail System

Tunnel Cave

Florida Caverns State Park  |  Marianna
( 30.810467,-85.227133 )      1.5 miles

Most people come to see the stalactites and stalagmites at Florida’s only show cave. But the hiking’s even weirder at Florida Caverns State Park, home of Florida’s only hiking trail through a cave.

Celery Fields

Wetlands at Celery Fields

Sarasota      ( 27.32539, -82.43339 )      3.2 miles

A historic agricultural area transformed into a haven for birders, Celery Fields offers easy walking, running, and biking on paved and unpaved trails built around restored wetlands.

Citrus Hiking Trail

Citrus Trail at Lizzie Hart Sink

Withlacoochee State Forest  |  Inverness
( 28.799305, -82.384676 )      39.1 miles

39.1 miles. Savor a rugged hike through rolling hills and rocky terrain on one of Florida’s longest backpacking loops when you take on the Citrus Hiking Trail near Inverness

Cockroach Bay Nature Preserve

Cabbage palms adjoining a trail

Tampa      ( 27.69134, -82.50167 )      1.8 miles

Directly across Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg, two loop trails in Cockroach Bay Nature Preserve navigate restored wetlands and a lookout point known as Mount Cockroach.

Disappearing Creek at Camp Branch

Swallet on Camp Branch

Florida Trail, Suwannee  |  White Springs
( 30.3778, -82.8789 )      3.3 miles

On the Disappearing Creek Loop off the Florida Trail along the Suwannee River, watch Camp Branch burble through rapids and cascade into a giant sinkhole

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