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.

Perdido Key State Park

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

Perico Preserve

Bradenton   2.2 miles

Hugging the edge of Perico Bayou on Perico Island, Perico Preserve adjoins Robinson Preserve in Palma Sola, presenting similar habitats on a smaller scale.

Peters Point Park

Fernandina Beach   0.3 miles

At the south end of Fernandina Beach, a park with a small swath of Atlantic Ocean beachfront includes a trailhead for the East Coast Greenway.

Phillippi Estate Park

Sarasota   0.9 miles

A historic mansion and farmhouse anchor this 60-acre county park with paddler access to Phillippi Creek, fishing piers, and shell paths along a coastal hammock.

Pine Log Campground Trail

Ebro   1.8 miles

Explore scenic wetlands and wildflower-filled pine savannas on an inviting 1.8 mile loop originating near the Sand Pond Campground at Pine Log State Forest.

Pinecraft Park

Sarasota   1.1 miles

Along the east side of Phillippi Creek within the historic Amish enclave of Pinecraft in Sarasota, Pinecraft Park blends nature and recreation.

Pinelands Reserve

Osprey   0.9 miles

Near the outskirts of Venice, a county preserve presents an easy loop trail meandering through South Florida pine flatwoods habitat.

Pitt and Sylvan Springs

Fountain   miles

Distinctly different in nature, massive Pitt Spring and burbling Sylvan Springs make up a popular swimming and launch area along Econfina Creek.

Plantation Hammocks Preserve

Islamorada   0.6 miles

Adjoining Founders Park on Plantation Key, Plantation Hammocks Preserve showcases some of the Florida Keys most interesting flowers under a generous canopy of well-established tropical trees.

Poe Springs Park

High Springs   1.5 miles

At Poe Springs Park, the Poe Springs Nature Trail carries you across a landscape shaped by water acting on limestone, where surface rock is obvious and studded with fossils.

Point Washington 30A Trail

Santa Rosa Beach   1.4 miles

A pleasant connector to Eastern Lake within Point Washington State Forest, the 30A Trail leads through scrub and basin swamps to lakeside camping and the Eastern Lake Trail.

Ponce De Leon Park

Punta Gorda   0.5 miles

A city park with dramatic sunsets over a beach on Charlotte Harbor, Ponce De Leon Park is a delight for birders and paddlers, too.