Florida Hikes

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

Keystone Heights Moon Tree

Keystone Heights

A friendly community along the Palatka-Lake Butler Trail, Keystone Heights is home to popular Gold Head Branch State Park and one of the older segments of the Florida Trail

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Lake Alto Preserve North

Waldo   2.6 miles

A well-marked system of trails weaves around wetlands and across upland pine forests to a dock overlooking scenic Lake Alto.

LEAFS Preserve North

Waldo   1.2 miles

On the North Tract of LEAFS Preserve, explore a forest undergoing longleaf pine restoration along a well-defined loop with scenic views of Lake Alto.

LEAFS Preserve South

Waldo   1.0 miles

South of the Lake Alto Canal, a mile loop introduces well-managed uplands of restored longleaf pine flatwoods in the South Tract of LEAFS Preserve.

Palatka-Lake Butler Trail

Palatka to Lake Butler   47.0 miles

With a corridor spanning nearly 50 miles through North Florida, the Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail provides paved trail for riders and an unpaved corridor used by the Florida Trail

The Moon Tree Garden

Florida's most unique arboretum features a circle of sycamores honoring the Apollo missions, all here thanks to an Apollo 14 project for the U.S. Forest Service to take tree seedings into orbit around the moon.