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Ever After Farms Mims

Mims

Outdoor activities in North Brevard County surrounding the small community of Mims, which offers access to the St. Johns River and the Indian River Lagoon and is along the Coast to Coast Trail

Biking Scottsmoor Flatwoods East

Bike rider on woodland trail

December 9, 2020    John Keatley

At Scottsmoor Flatwoods Sanctuary, the trails are open to hikers, cyclists, and equestrians. But as we learned, off-road biking here can be more than a little challenging.

Blueberries Ever After

Blueberries on the bush

April 13, 2019    Sandra Friend

It’s blueberry season in Florida! April is the month when it’s time to visit a commercial grower and start picking. We did just that at our local berry farm, Ever After Farms.

Brevard Coast to Coast Trail

Bike on bridge at creek on Brevard Coast to Coast Trail

Coast to Coast Trail  |  Titusville
( 28.7288, -80.8888 )      17.1 miles

The eastern terminus of the state-spanning Coast to Coast Trail is in the trail town of Titusville, where a ride on the Brevard Coast to Coast Trail provides cyclists the best ride in the county

Buck Lake East Loop

Trail through scrub

Buck Lake Conservation Area  |  Mims
( 28.670766, -80.890360 )      1.5 miles

On this 1.5-mile loop atop a scrub ridge in the southeast corner of Buck Lake Conservation Area, watch for a flash of blue- Florida scrub-jays are found here.

C2C expands in North Brevard

Riding the C2C paralleling US 1 in North Titusville

October 4, 2017    John Keatley

After more than two years under construction, the newest portion of the Coast-to-Coast Trail opened without fanfare through North Titusville and Mims in September 2017. I rode it on Labor Day to check it out.

Florida Coast to Coast Trail

Bike path through pine forest

Titusville Sanford Winter Garden Clermont Brooksville Tarpon Springs Dunedin Largo St. Petersburg      ( 28.628706, -80.787021 )      191.4 miles

With a corridor spanning more than 220 miles across nine Florida counties, the Florida Coast to Coast Trail (C2C) is Central Florida’s long distance bike path

Meaty Mims on the Coast to Coast Trail

Mims Family Meat Market deli

May 21, 2018    John Keatley

A serendipitous stop during a bike ride on the Coast to Coast Trail in Mims leads to a tasty lunch at the Family Meat Market, a local institution just a block from the trail.

Nature and Social Distancing on the C2C

Social distancing sign on the C2C

June 1, 2020    John Keatley

Riding through Titusville to the Coast to Coast Trail, which terminates here, I can ship our books and get a good bit of exercise in while social distancing

Riding the C2C from Mims to Maytown

C2C North Brevard

June 21, 2018    John Keatley

One of the newest sections of the Coast to Coast Trail (C2C), the 7.5-mile segment between new trailheads at Aurantia and Maytown is one of the most rural segments of paved bike path in the region, with no road crossings.

Salt Lake Hiking Trail

Pine flatwoods

Salt Lake WMA  |  Mims
( 28.6397, -80.8900 )      4.1 miles

Circling the central pine flatwoods of the uplands between the lakes of Salt Lake WMA, the 4.1-mile Salt Lake Hiking Trail is a great birding destination

Salt Lake WMA

Forest road between tall trees

Mims      ( 28.639741,-80.889969 )      

Spanning nearly 8,000 acres between Salt Lake, Lake Loughman, and South Lake, Salt Lake WMA is a popular birding and fishing destination with many miles of trails

Saturday Ride on the C2C

Mims United Methodist Church

July 26, 2019    John Keatley

A Saturday ride on the Brevard Coast to Coast Trail meant meeting lots of riders and finally trying out the breakfast that volunteers at the Mims United Methodist Church put on for cyclists.

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