Carl Duval Moore South Tract
Palatka 1.5 milesFollow a wide doubletrack trail across sandhill and flatwood communities to a picnic area and dock alongside a quiet rural lake.

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

Follow a wide doubletrack trail across sandhill and flatwood communities to a picnic area and dock alongside a quiet rural lake.

At Carl Duval Moore State Forest, hike to Up & Down Lake, which sporadically vanishes, on a beautiful loop through sandhills and oak hammocks west of Palatka.

Less than a dozen miles from downtown Venice, the vast expanse of T. Mabry Carlton Reserve provides regional drinking water and a massive refuge for wildlife.

As a peninsula in Lake Weir, parts of Carney Island Conservation Area are naturally air-conditioned. Walk 4 miles beneath ancient oaks and expect to see wildlife.

The southernmost beach in Venice, Caspersen Beach is best known for its bounty of fossil shark's teeth, which people scoop and stoop to dig out of the sand.

Along the meandering estuarine San Pablo River, Castaway Island Preserve is a breezy spot to enjoy a breath of fresh air on an easy nature trail in Jacksonville.

At Canaveral National Seashore, Castle Windy is the only trail that takes you from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian River Lagoon, a shady walk through a coastal hammock to a windswept shoreline.

One of Florida's most northerly locations home to the Florida scrub-jay, Cedar Key Scrub Reserve provides birders a quiet walk along its scenic East Loop.

Along a gradient of habitats from scrub to coastal salt marsh, Cedar Key Scrub Reserve provides two loop trails open to hikers, cyclists, and equestrians.

A well-marked system of multiuse paths lead to salt marsh overlooks and an impressive bridge over Pumpkin Hill Creek, connecting with adjacent Timucuan Preserve.

One of Florida's largest live oak trees, the Cellon Oak north of Gainesville is over 32 feet in circumference, shading a space that puts most other oaks to shame.

Buffering a green ribbon of Indian River Lagoon shoreline from US 1, Chain of Lakes Park offers dozens of ways to put together a walk through the wetlands.
