Florida Hikes

Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides

Wet prairie with blue sky above and pond in distance

Pepper Ranch Preserve

A sprawling 2,700 acres along the shores of Lake Trafford in Immokalee, Pepper Ranch Preserve is open seasonally from Nov-June.

Pepper Ranch Kite Flight Trail

Immokalee   5.4 miles

On the Kite Flight Trail, explore hammocks, bottomland forests, and strand swamps on a wild perimeter surrounding expansive cattle pastures at Pepper Ranch Preserve.

Pepper Ranch Preserve

Immokalee   17.6 miles

Miles of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails span Pepper Ranch Preserve, an important link in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed and habitat for the Florida panther.

Pepper Ranch Tuskawilla Trail

Immokalee   2.2 miles

Near the center of Pepper Ranch Preserve, the 2.2 mile Tuskawilla Trail immerses hikers and equestrians in a lush South Florida mesic flatwoods habitat.