Florida Hikes

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

St Marks River Park picnic table

Florida parks with picnic tables

Florida parks with picnic tables and picnic pavilions. Great places to plan a picnic with the family. Pavilions usually must be reserved in advance.

Mayor Carl T. Langford Park

Orlando   1.0 miles

A maze of paved trails provides an urban hike through hammocks of ancient live oaks and natural green spaces at this City of Orlando park.

McCarty Ranch Preserve

Port St. Lucie   4.5 miles

Near the outskirts of Port St. Lucie, this city-run preserve presents a variety of opportunities for outdoor recreation, from camping and hiking, to fishing, kayaking, and disc golf.

McDonald Canal

Providing paddlers and boaters access to the Apopka-Beauclair Canal, the McDonald Canal Boat Ramp is a quiet spot for a picnic lunch and birding stop.

McKethan Lake Nature Trail

Brooksville   2.1 miles

Centered on its namesake, the 2.1 mile nature trail at McKethan Lake Recreation Area showcases old growth trees as well as Civilian Conservation Corps architecture.

Mead Botanical Garden

Winter Park   1.0 miles

Established as a camellia showcase, this public garden has a nature trail first built in 1956 to explore natural habitats within a 47-acre urban forest.

Mission San Luis

A rugged little hike, the Julia Woodward Nature Trail at Mission San Luis doesn’t top a half mile, but it's a hike through history in the woods in the city of Tallahassee.

Moonshine Creek Trails

Gainesville   2.5 miles

Delicate Appalachian wildflowers bloom in the deep shade of a slope forest surrounding Moonshine Creek, a stream that vanishes into an enormous marshy sinkhole.

Morgan Park

Arcadia   3.0 miles

On an easy-to-follow trail network, enjoy exceptional views of the Peace River from surprisingly high bluffs just west of downtown Arcadia.

Moss Park

Orlando   miles

On a breezy isthmus between Lake Hart and Lake Mary Jane, Moss Park offers superb campsites and picnic pavilions under moss-draped live oaks.

Msgt John E Hayes Memorial Park

Middleburg   0.5 miles

With five acres of waterfront and boater access to Black Creek in Middleburg, Msgt. John E Hayes Memorial Park honors a hometown hero and protects old-growth cypress.

Mud Spring Trail

Welaka   1.7 miles

At Mud Spring, mud isn't what you'll see in the gently rounded basin that cradles an underwater garden, but a glassy natural pool.