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Kissimmee Monument of States

Kissimmee

Once a frontier town on the Florida prairie, Kissimmee is now a vacation destination for theme park enthusiasts – and a trail town on the Florida Trail
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Canoeing Shingle Creek

Shingle Creek Regional Park  |  Kissimmee
( 28.303795,-81.451203 )      

Paddle down Shingle Creek from Shingle Creek Regional Park at Steffee Landing in Kissimmee, where canoe and kayak rentals are now available for visitors.

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

Catfish Creek Preserve Trails

Rolling hills at Catfish Creek Preserve

Catfish Creek Preserve   |  Lake Wales
( 27.9838, -81.4969 )      3.5 miles

Allan David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park isn’t just “a perfect example of Lake Wales Ridge Scrub,” it’s a landscape unlike any other you’ll find in Florida

Cherokee Point Conservation Area

Boardwalk through cattails

St. Cloud      ( 28.22891, -81.36687 )      1.0 miles

Protecting a marshy peninsula on the eastern shore of Lake Tohopekaliga, this remote preserve provides a panorama of natural wetlands from its boardwalk.

Day hikes near Sea World and Universal Studios

Marshes at Oakland Nature Preserve

August 25, 2011    Sandra Friend

Hikes near Orlando theme parks, by reader request. The area between Sea World and Universal Studios is both heavily populated and commercial, so you have to drive beyond the Orlando International Airport to find the wild places.

Disney Wilderness Preserve

Disney Wilderness Preserve

Poinciana      ( 28.129015, -81.430470 )      2.5 miles

Managed by The Nature Conservancy, the Disney Wilderness Preserve is a 12,000 acre showcase for habitat conservation amid growing suburban sprawl south of Orlando

Fall in the floodplain

floodplain fall color

January 13, 2012    Sandra Friend

Don’t believe people when they say there are no seasons in Florida. We always look forward to the change of color in Florida’s floodplains, even if they happen in December.

Florida Trail, Western Corridor

Cypress Lakes Preserve

Florida National Scenic Trail  |  Belleview, Brooksville, Dade City, Dunnellon, Inverness, Kissimmee, Ocala, Silver Springs, St. Cloud
( 27.927990, -81.122780 )      241 miles

241 miles. With segments linking Withlacoochee State Forest and the Cross Florida Greenway, the Western Corridor provides access to wild spaces between Tampa and Ocala

Gatorland

Gatorland Jumparoo Pond

Orlando      ( 28.355165,-81.40424 )      

Gatorland is not just a historic Florida attraction but an immersion into what this part of Central Florida used to be, a cypress swamp full of critters.

Gatorland Stompin’ Gator Off-Road Adventure

Stompin' Gator Off-Road Adventure

December 14, 2017    Sandra Friend

At the grand opening of Gatorland’s new Stompin’ Gator Off-Road Adventure, we learned the story of Gator Joe and reconnected with the nature we so love at this long-time Florida nature park.

Historic Babb Landing

Historic Babb Landing

Shingle Creek Regional Park  |  Kissimmee
( 28.318133, -81.457217 )      1.8 miles

Take an easy walk to Shingle Creek at Historic Babb Landing along a family-friendly trail with great opportunities for birding and outdoor play.

Lake Lizzie Conservation Area

Marsh Loop at Lake Lizzie

St. Cloud      ( 28.227280,-81.178126 )      11.0 miles

Hugging the eastern shore of Lake Lizzie, Lake Lizzie Conservation Area encompasses more than a thousand acres along several lakes set among a vast mosaic of prairies, pine flatwoods, and scrub forest

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