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The Cellon Oak

Notable Trees

The biggest of Florida’s big trees

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Ancient Hammock Trail

Ancient Hammock Trail

Highlands Hammock State Park  |  Sebring
( 27.470057, -81.548639 )      0.6 miles

At Highlands Hammock State Park in Sebring, the Ancient Hammock Trail shows off the glory of towering cabbage palms and live oaks centuries old

Bear Swamp Trail

Big cypress Bear Swamp Trail

Ocala National Forest  |  Salt Springs
( 29.356367, -81.732083 )      1.3 miles

Little known except to those who frequent Salt Springs Recreation Area in the Ocala National Forest, the Bear Swamp Trail provides a walk into an ancient forest.

Big Cypress Trail

Goethe Big Cypress Boardwalk

Goethe State Forest  |  Bronson
( 29.223550, -82.622667 )      0.6 miles

Deep in the heart of an ancient swamp, the Goethe Giant – one of Florida’s largest cypress trees – stands tall at the end of a boardwalk in Goethe State Forest.

Big Oak Trail

View of railroad bridge and rivers from peninsula

Florida Trail, Suwannee  |  Ellaville
( 30.314904, -83.159286 )      5.9 miles

The Big Oak Trail is one of the most scenic hikes in North Florida. Much of the hiking parallels the Suwannee and Withlacoochee Rivers, which meet here at a confluence.

Big Tree Park

Lady Liberty and photographer

Spring Hammock Preserve  |  Longwood
( 28.720417, -81.331533 )      0.3 miles

While the iconic Senator is no more, Big Tree Park continues to fascinate visitors with its enormous cypress trees, including Lady Liberty. The park provides access to the Cross Seminole Trail.

Blackwater River State Park

Blackwater River State Park

Milton      ( 30.704266,-86.880892 )      

Blackwater River State Park is the gateway to thousands of acres of public lands stretching northward to the Alabama border.

Bulow Creek State Park

Fairchild Oak

Ormond Beach      ( 29.387667,-81.132183 )      

Walk among the ancients in Bulow Hammock, starting with the imposing Fairchild Oak, one of Florida’s largest live oak trees

Bulow Woods Loop

swampy trail Bulow Woods

Bulow Creek State Park  |  Flagler Beach
( 29.433628,-81.140157 )      5.2 miles

Stretching 5.2 miles through an primordial forest of sluggish, fern-lined waterways, ancient live oaks, magnolias, and cabbage palms, the Bulow Woods Loop is one of North Florida’s most scenic hikes

Cellon Oak Park

The Cellon Oak

La Crosse      ( 29.811599,-82.389785 )      

The largest live oak tree in Florida, the Cellon Oak north of Gainesville is more than 30 feet in diameter and shades a space that puts most other oaks to shame.

Chinsegut Big Pine Tract

Chinsegut Big Pine Tract

Chinsegut WEA  |  Brooksville
( 28.599042, -82.377272 )      1.6 miles

The southernmost concentration of ancient longleaf pine in America, the Big Pine Tract of Chinsegut WEA is also the second largest contiguous tract of old-growth longleaf pine in Florida.

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

boardwalk to big cypresses in Corkscrew

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed  |  Naples
( 26.375724, -81.603725 )      2.3 miles

Weaving beneath a canopy knit by old-growth cypress trees in a majestic swamp forest, the boardwalk at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is one of Florida’s best hikes

Edison & Ford Winter Estates

Thomas Edison home

Caloosahatchee River  |  Fort Myers
( 26.633947,-81.880128 )      

Tropical gardens from the 1920s grow lavishly around the historic winter homes of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford at the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers

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