Florida Hikes

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

Winding stone path in a wooded setting

Labyrinths and Mazes

Labyrinths and garden mazes are similar, but different. A labyrinth is a spiral to a center point, while a maze may have many dead-ends.

Cassadaga Fairy Trail

Cassadaga   0.2 miles

Let your imagination take wing on one of Florida's most unusual footpaths, a walk in the woods blending art, enchantment, and nature.

Florida’s Labyrinths

Florida has an estimated 132 labyrinths waiting to be walked – from a neighborhood park in Pensacola in the Panhandle to one at a church in the Florida Keys.

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens

Gainesville   1.5 miles

One of the most beautiful and complex gardens in Florida, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens sits beneath grand live oaks with two dozen themed gardens on 68 acres.

Sholom Park

Ocala   2.0 miles

Privately owned, Sholom Park in Ocala is a place for meditative walking among gardens and a labyrinth along meandering trails through its well-manicured 45 acres.

Visiting Sholom Park

A walk on the meditative garden paths at Sholom Park in Ocala, Florida's peace park, for quiet contemplation and remembrance of my father, who passed this month and enjoyed this garden near his home.