Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
In 1910, Lutz was established as “North Tampa” by land speculators along the Tampa Northern Railroad. Tampa has now crept up to this rural community’s edge.
With nearly 4 miles of footpaths adjoining the paved Upper Tampa Bay Trail, Brooker Creek Headwaters explores the rise of a waterway that nourishes Lake Tarpon.
A short drive from downtown Tampa, Cypress Creek Nature Preserve is an interesting window into a gradient of ecosystems along a tributary of the Hillsborough River.
A forested escape north of Tampa, Lake Conservation Park features a network of trails where you can loop nearly four miles around a series of small lakes.
A 2.4-mile loop trail circling Lake Rogers weaves through oak hammocks, shrubs, pine flatwoods, and scenic vistas along the water’s edge.
Adjacent to the to the multi-use Upper Tampa Bay Trail, Rocky Creek Trails Nature Preserve offers a short hiking-only stroll through a surprisingly diverse plant community.
Tucked between neighborhoods just north of downtown Tampa, Violet Cury Preserve provides a quiet wooded trail with scenic views of Lake Flynn.
