Florida Hikes

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

Jacksonville skyline

Jacksonville

Florida’s largest city, Jacksonville will surprise you with its trails on public lands ranging from vast estuaries and beaches to narrow green corridors.

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Meander through Macclenny

 

Along US 90, Maclenny is a quiet Florida town, the county seat of Baker County, with a small historic district, a genealogical library, and a historic courthouse

Osceola National Forest

The smallest of Florida's national forests, the Osceola National Forest carries the weight of history hidden in its dense stands of longleaf pine.

Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park

Within city limits yet truly wild, Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park protects more than 4,000 acres along the edges of enormous estuaries draining into the St. Johns River.

Reddie Point Preserve

Jacksonville   1.5 miles

Sand beaches and salt marshes fringe a wild peninsula along the St. Johns River where trails meander more than a mile to reach a mature hardwood hammock.

Ribault Monument

On a high bluff above the St. Johns River, a memorial pays tribute to the French expedition led by Jean Ribault that claimed Florida for France in 1562, three years before St. Augustine was founded.

Ringhaver Park

Jacksonville   1.7 miles

Discover a hauntingly beautiful bog at the far end of the Ortega Stream Valley Trail, a paved loop beginning behind the ballfields of Ringhaver Park.

Robert W. Loftin Nature Trails

Jacksonville   4.0 miles

In a densely wooded corner of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, the Robert W. Loftin Nature Trails are a prime place for trail runners and hikers to play.

Sal Taylor Creek Preserve

Jacksonville   4.1 miles

Along a pine forested greenway, this preserve offers hikers numerous easy-to-hike trails, including a main trail that leads to a blackwater creek.

Seaton Creek Historic Preserve

Jacksonville   4.2 miles

At the location of the southernmost battle of the American Revolution, Seaton Creek Historic Preserve encompasses 840 deeply forested acres south of Thomas Creek.

Spanish Pond

Jacksonville   2.0 miles

Interpreting the Spanish attack on nearby Fort Caroline from an encampment on this pond, Spanish Pond connects via the Spanish Pond Trail to the Theodore Roosevelt Area.