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Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk

Naples

Naples is the western gateway to the wilds of South Florida, a tropical getaway on the Gulf

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Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park

Bench overlooking beach and tropical scene

Naples      ( 26.272348,-81.826197 )      

Swift tides rolling through Wiggins Pass define the northernmost beach of Naples, a spread of sun-drenched sand at Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park within sight of a line of condos that stretch southward.

Endangered giant bat found at Picayune Strand

Florida bonneted bat FWC

June 16, 2010    Sandra Friend

During their first-ever bat monitoring program at Picayune Strand State Forest, FWC found a rare and endangered species – the bonneted bat, Florida’s largest bat.

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Fakahatchee Strand State Park

Copeland      ( 25.950713,-81.360579 )      

It’s the Amazon of North America, home of the ghost orchid. Protecting more than 85,000 acres, Fakahatchee Strand is Florida’s largest state preserve and most certainly our wildest.

Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge

Florida Panther NWR

Copeland      ( 26.161522, -81.349219 )      1.1 miles

The longer of two loops at Florida Panther NWR guarantees a wet walk through panther habitat of wet pine flatwoods and cypress domes

Florida Trail, Big Cypress

Florida Trail Big Cypress

Florida National Scenic Trail  |  Big Cypress National Preserve
( 25.857105, -81.032913 )      38.3 miles

38.3 miles. Featuring the wettest, wildest wilderness traversed by backpackers in Florida, the Florida Trail in Big Cypress National Preserve is both beautiful and extraordinarily challenging.

Florida Trail, Big Cypress North

Nobles Grade, Big Cypress National Preserve

Florida Trail, Big Cypress  |  Big Cypress National Preserve
( 26.169781, -81.071770 )      8.0 miles

8.0 miles. An easy ramble from the I-75 rest area north along Nobles Grade, this wildlife-rich segment of the Florida Trail offers several loop options for day hikers and backpackers.

Florida Trail, Big Cypress South

Big Cypress Swamp

Florida Trail, Big Cypress  |  Big Cypress National Preserve
( 25.857105,-81.032913 )      30.3 miles

30.3 miles. Traversing a vast wilderness in the wet wilds of Big Cypress National Preserve, the southernmost segment of the Florida Trail is the toughest backpacking trip in Florida

Florida Trail, Seminole

Florida Trail along a canal south of Clewiston

Florida National Scenic Trail  |  Big Cypress Seminole Reservation, Clewiston
( 26.256229, -81.086823 )      56.3 miles

56.2 miles. Stretching from the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation to Lake Okeechobee, the Florida Trail Seminole section traverses a vast agricultural region, the former Everglades. Hiking is on roads and levees.

Florida Trail, South Florida

Big Cypress Swamp

Heading north through Big Cypress, the Florida Trail immerses hikers through one of the last wild spaces of the region, then connects to Okeechobee via dikes.

Florida’s Utopia

The Planetary Court at Koreshan State Park

December 9, 2018    John Keatley

At the Koreshan Unity in Estero, Florida, a group of believers gathered in 1894 to build their paradise. It is now a National Historic Site and a Florida State Park. Walk the trails and streets of “New Jerusalem” to learn its story.

Gordon River Greenway

Gordon River Greenway boardwalk

Naples      ( 26.1678, -81.7880 )      2.6 miles

Get a new perspective on Naples by hiking, biking, or paddling through the city’s urban mangrove forest

Kirby Storter Boardwalk

Kirby Storter Boardwalk

Big Cypress National Preserve  |  Big Cypress
( 25.867931, -81.154018 )      1.0 miles

An accessible walk through the habitats of the Big Cypress Swamp, Kirby Storter Boardwalk gets you up close to the wonders of nature in Big Cypress National Preserve

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