Florida Hikes

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

Mangroves framing waterway with boat moving across it

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.

Bella Vista Trail

Palm Coast   1.9 miles

Burrowing deep into a jungle-like hammock along the Matanzas River, this loop to the north end of Washington Oaks Gardens State Park circles a historic piece of old A1A.

Betty Steflik Preserve

Flagler Beach   2.0 miles

Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve protects 320 acres of mangrove marsh, mud flats, and coastal uplands fronting downtown Flagler Beach.

Boca Raton

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.

Caspersen Beach Park

Venice   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

Jacksonville   1.0 miles

Along the meandering estuarine San Pablo River, Castaway Island Preserve is a breezy spot to enjoy a breath of fresh air on an easy nature trail in Jacksonville.

Castillo de San Marcos

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

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

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

Atlantic Beach   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

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

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

Fort Matanzas National Monument

St. Augustine   0.5 miles

On the shores of Fort Matanzas, a significant historic site south of St. Augustine, the dunes are now swaddled in coastal hammock. Visit them on an accessible boardwalk.