Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
Along the Gulf Coast from Tampa Bay to Naples, Southwest Florida has a tropical vibe, with hiking, biking, and paddling along its rivers, bays, and barrier islands.
A connector trail to the Theodore Roosevelt Area from the Fort Caroline area, the Spanish Pond Trail at Timucuan Preserve provides a 2-mile round-trip into early Florida history.
Recreation around St. Augustine, Florida’s oldest city, concentrates on coastal habitats, both on the barrier islands and the estuaries that stretch many miles inland.
Once the heart of frontier Florida, St. Cloud is a bustling community to the east of Kissimmee with an expansive lakefront on East Lake Toho.
The region’s oldest coastal settlement, St. Marks is the southern terminus of the Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail and a Florida Trail town
Stretching across 70,000 acres in Florida’s Big Bend, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge protects one of Florida’s longest wild shorelines, more than 43 miles in three counties.
The western terminus for the Florida Coast to Coast Trail, St. Petersburg’s urban green space is largely coastal and tropical along the breezy tip of the Pinellas peninsula
The county seat of Bradford County, Starke has a historic downtown and quick access to the Palatka-Lake Butler Trail and the Florida Trail just a few miles south of the city
Known for its excellent scalloping in the summer months, Steinhatchee is a coastal community along one of Florida’s most remote and wild shorelines in the Big Bend.
Stuart is the southern anchor of the Treasure Coast, surrounded by natural lands and refuges with ample opportunities for outdoor recreation
Florida’s capital city, Tallahassee, is an outdoor town. Forested and hilly, it is surrounded by thousands of acres of natural lands just waiting for exploration.
While Tampa is a large city along the north shore of Tampa Bay, it has many natural lands protecting its water supply, providing outdoor recreation opportunities
