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Mangrove roots

Mangroves

Where to find mangroves along trails in Florida

INTERACTIVE MAP

Blowing Rocks Preserve

Blowing Rocks Jupiter FL

Jupiter      ( 26.978967, -80.084017 )      2.5 miles

One of the most dramatic shorelines in Florida, the rocky shore of Blowing Rocks Preserve has sea caves and bluffs to explore on a hike through the oceanfront preserve

Buttonwood

buttonwood

April 13, 2013    Sandra Friend

Buttonwood grows upland, on the land side of the mangrove community, tolerant of rooting in loose sand, rock, and dried marl.

Cabbage Key Nature Trail

Cabbage Key Trail

Pine Island Sound      ( 26.6565, -82.2225 )      0.5 miles

Hike the Cabbage Key Nature Trail for a step back in time on an island known for its great cheeseburgers and layers of mystery, from Calusa times to a mystery writer’s family retreat

Caladesi Island Trail

Caladesi Island State Park  |  Dunedin
( 28.031762, -82.819508 )      3.0 miles

On the Island Trail, discover how virgin pines and mangrove swamps define the wild side of Caladesi Island, a slender barrier island north of Clearwater Beach

Calusa Shell Mound Trail

Calusa Shell Mound

Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge  |  Sanibel Island
( 26.473566, -82.152568 )      0.4 miles

A wheelchair-accessible boardwalk near the end of Wildlife Drive in Ding Darling NWR, the Calusa Shell Mound Trail provides a peek into the ancient history of Sanibel Island.

Cape Florida Nature Trail

Cape Florida State Park

Cape Florida State Park  |  Key Biscayne
( 25.667583, -80.157400 )      2.0 miles

At Cape Florida State Park, the 1.5 mile nature trail loop bisects the natural areas of the park between the lighthouse and marina and shows you views of Stiltsville in Biscayne Bay

Caspersen Beach Park

Caspersen Beach Park

Venice      ( 27.057233, -82.442700 )      3.6 miles

The southernmost beach in Venice, Caspersen Beach is best known for its bounty of fossil shark’s teeth, which people scoop and stoop to dig out of the sand

Castle Windy

Castle Windy

Canaveral National Seashore  |  New Smyrna Beach
( 28.8985,-80.8035 )      0.8 miles

At Canaveral National Seashore, Castle Windy is the only trail that takes you from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mosquito Lagoon, a shady walk through a coastal hammock to a windswept shoreline

Cayo Costa Hiking Trails

Cayo Costa shoreline

Cayo Costa State Park      ( 26.685900, -82.245717‎ )      6.5 miles

Offshore from Boca Grande and Pine Island, Cayo Costa State Park is tough to get to but the 6.5 miles of trails and many more miles of beaches will be yours to roam

Cedar Point Environmental Park

Cedar Point Englewood

Englewood      ( 26.9254, -82.3350 )      2.1 miles

Where Oyster Creek meets Lemon Bay in Englewood, Cedar Point Environmental Park provides easy interpretive hikes through coastal habitats on a wildlife-rich peninsula

Centennial Trail

Pelican Island Centennial Trail

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge  |  Sebastian
( 27.803342, -80.429350 )      0.8 miles

Designed the first Federal Bird Reserve in 1903, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge celebrated its century mark by creating this short, scenic, accessible trail for birding

Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park

Needlerush marsh Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park

Punta Gorda      ( 26.87355,-82.023981 )      

Stretched long and thin to follow the convoluted shoreline of Charlotte Harbor, Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park protects more than 100 miles of coastline along the Gulf Coast

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