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Fakahatchee ferns

Intracoastal Waterway in Florida

Running the length of the Eastern Seaboard, the Intracoastal Waterway is the sheltered channel that boaters follow behind Florida’s barrier islands. You’ll find many public lands along the Intracoastal with hiking, biking, camping, and paddling opportunities.

.Intracoastal Waterway

Bella Vista Trail

Bella Vista Trail

Washington Oaks Gardens State Park  |  Palm Coast
( 29.632757, -81.208425 )      1.8 miles

With a 1.8-mile loop through the uplands of Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, the Bella Vista Trail offers a close look at the variety of habitats found on this barrier island

Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve

Steflik Preserve Flagler Beach

Flagler Beach      ( 29.477457, -81.135595 )      1.8 miles

Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve protects more than 200 acres of mangrove marsh, mud flats, and coastal uplands right on the edge of downtown Flagler Beach

Boca Raton

Green Cay Wetlands

Located halfway between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton provides a surprising number of natural areas to explore, from tropical forests to scrub and mangrove forests.

Campground Nature Trail

Campground Nature Trail

Little Talbot Island State Park  |  Talbot Islands
( 30.4566,-81.4216 )      0.8 miles

At Little Talbot Island State Park, the 0.8-mile Campground Nature Trail offers a side of Little Talbot that the whole family can enjoy—along the estuary

Caspersen Beach Park

Caspersen Beach Park

Venice      ( 27.057233, -82.442700 )      3.6 miles

The southernmost beach in Venice, Caspersen Beach is best known for its bounty of fossil shark’s teeth, which people scoop and stoop to dig out of the sand

Castaway Island Preserve

Castaway Island Preserve

Jacksonville      ( 30.296053,-81.433554 )      0.9 miles

Along the meandering, estuarine San Pablo River, Castaway Island Preserve is a breezy spot to get away from the city and enjoy a breath of fresh air on a nature trail

Castillo de San Marcos

Castillo de San Marcos

St. Augustine      ( 29.896631, -81.311644 )      

The only remaining 17th century fortress in North America, the Castillo de San Marcos defended the Spanish colony of St. Augustine from two British sieges in the 1700s.

Cocoa Beach

Lori Wilson Park boardwalk

Home of “I Dream of Jeannie” and the best surfing on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, Cocoa Beach is a top destination for beachgoers and folks who love to play near the shore

Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach Pier

While its broad hard-packed beaches have attracted millions of visitors since 1870, Daytona Beach doesn’t skimp on opportunities for you to enjoy forests and estuaries on its trails

Dutton Island Preserve

Dutton Island Preserve

Atlantic Beach      ( 30.338280, -81.431674 )      1.6 miles

Discover a different perspective on Atlantic Beach on this island preserve in the middle of the San Pablo River estuary east of downtown Jacksonville

Flagler Beach

Orange sands Flagler Beach

Along Scenic A1A on one of the prettiest stretches of oceanfront on the Atlantic Coast, the seaside community of Flagler Beach anchors an array of natural lands

Fort Lauderdale

Boaters at Port Everglades

Discover the outdoors hidden in plain sight across the parks and natural lands of Greater Fort Lauderdale, stretching from the edge of the Everglades to the Atlantic Ocean

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