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Hiking dunes at Fort Pickens

Pensacola

The northern terminus of the Florida Trail is at Pensacola Beach, but the wonders of this region extend far inland

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Gulf Islands National Seashore

View from the top of Battery Langdon

Fort Walton Beach,Pensacola, Perdido Key, and Mississippi      ( 30.324873, -87.192195 )      

Stretching across three Gulf Coast states, Gulf Islands National Seashore protects portions of the barrier islands between Navarre Beach, Florida and Gulfport, Mississippi.

Gulf State Park

Sunrise at Gulf State Park

November 26, 2019    Sandra Friend & John Keatley

Stretching west from the tip of Perdido Key, Gulf State Park encompasses more than 6,000 acres of natural habitats on barrier islands between Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Johnson Beach

Johnson Beach

Gulf Islands National Seashore  |  Perdido Key
( 30.299047, -87.418159 )      

As part of Gulf Islands National Seashore, the windswept tip of Perdido Key goes on for miles at Johnson Beach. Discover natural habitats and wild shores along its length

Naval Live Oaks Area

Naval Live Oaks Area

Gulf Islands National Seashore  |  Pensacola
( 30.363867,-87.130483 )      8.4 miles

Spanning from Santa Rosa Sound to Pensacola Bay, Naval Live Oaks Area is one of America’s oldest federally protected forests, now part of Gulf Islands National Seashore.

Naval Live Oaks to add wheelchair-accessible trail

Santa Rosa Sound from Naval Live Oaks

April 23, 2009    Sandra Friend

Gulf Islands National Seashore in Pensacola is the fortunate recipient of federal stimulus funds for National Parks, according to a story in the Pensacola News-Journal. Part of the funds will be used to replace an existing natural surface trail with a wheelchair-accessible boardwalk. My guess is that it will provide access from the visitor center …

On the 2013 Panhandle Trace Hike

FT Wiregrass

April 4, 2013    Sandra Friend

It was a delight this year – Peggy Grantham’s last as hike leader – to join the Panhandle Trace and get to know the far northern reaches of the Florida Trail. It’s been 11 years since I hiked through Blackwater River State Forest and while some things remain the same, others certainly have changed. I …

Pensacola Bay Bluffs Park

Pensacola Bay Bluffs view

Pensacola      ( 30.455279, -87.168999 )      0.8 miles

With nearly a mile of boardwalks above Pensacola Bay, Pensacola Bay Bluffs Park offers scrambles up and down the steep hillside on many sets of staircases.

Pensacola Dunes a beauty spot

UWF Dunes Preserve

July 23, 2009    Sandra Friend

Sugary-white sand and emerald water are counterpoints on a hike that leads you through nearly 4 miles of pristine dunes – up and over and down, a true roller-coaster of a hike – at the UWF Dunes Preserve in Pensacola Beach

Perdido Key Discovery Trail

Perdido Key Discovery Trail

Johnson Beach, Gulf Islands National Seashore  |  Perdido Key
( 30.3027, -87.4149 )      0.6 miles

Showcasing the habitat diversity of Perdido Key at Johnson Beach, the accessible Perdido Key Discovery Trail is a gentle boardwalk over wetlands, forests, and dunes

Perdido Key State Park

Perdido Key dunes

Perdido Key      ( 30.289130, -87.478093 )      2.0 miles

With sand as white as fresh fallen snow, Perdido Key State Park offers Florida’s westernmost public beach

Picture of Beauty

White-topped pitcher plant bloom at Garcon Point

April 10, 2006    Sandra Friend

I spent a weekend seeking out Florida’s most uncommon and unusual flora – pitcher plants – in their stronghold of the Western Panhandle. Here’s what I found.

Pitcher plants at Tarkiln Bayou

Pitcher plants at Tarkiln Bayou State Park

April 7, 2009    Sandra Friend

At Tarkiln Bayou State Park, the showy blooms of pitcher plants are on parade each spring. The boggy Perdido Pitcher Plant Prairie is ground zero for these beauties.

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