Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
The only remaining 17th century fortress in North America, the Castillo de San Marcos defended the Spanish colony of St. Augustine from two British sieges in the 1700s.
Perhaps the most popular getaway on Florida’s Nature Coast, Cedar Key is at the end of a 24-mile highway that follows a railroad bed which naturalist John Muir walked.
Where the Peace and Myakka Rivers meet, Charlotte Harbor covers more than five square miles, with the Charlotte County Blueway Trails providing paddlers access.
Home of Manatee Springs and a terminus on the Nature Coast Trail, Chiefland provides access to public lands along the Suwannee River
With a historic downtown along US 90, Chipley is the county seat of Washington County, and notable as the home of Falling Waters State Park
Named for the fortress built during the Second Seminole War on Christmas Day of 1837, the community of Christmas sits along creeks that drain towards the St. Johns River.
Explore the outdoors within easy reach of Clearwater Beach, a popular vacation destination west of Tampa
With some of Central Florida’s highest elevations, Clermont is where the Lake Wales Ridge meets the edge of the Green Swamp
Clewiston, the center of the sugar cane industry in South Florida, is perched along the rim of one of America’s largest lakes, Lake Okeechobee.
Home of “I Dream of Jeannie” and the best surfing on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, Cocoa Beach is a top destination for beachgoers and folks who love to play near the shore
Where the Everglades once emptied to the Atlantic Ocean, urban Coconut Creek is home to natural lands in Broward County along those former waterways
The birthplace of Florida’s early conservation movements, Coral Gables is both tropical jungle and vibrant city, home to numerous tropical gardens and remnants of the original Miami Hammock.
