Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
North of Charlotte Harbor, Port Charlotte encompasses a vast residential area with both city parks and larger environmental lands
The northern terminus of the Cape Haze Pioneer Trail provides a place to bike and hike and a bit of regional history
Where the Peace and Myakka Rivers meet, Charlotte Harbor covers more than five square miles, with the Charlotte County Blueway Trails providing paddlers access.
A short and scenic loop trail on easy terrain, the Gordon Smith Memorial Trail showcases mesic flatwoods, a predominant ecosystem in Myakka State Forest.
Along the southwestern Gulf Coast of Florida, Myakka State Forest offers an extensive trail network along the Myakka River basin, with tent camping under the stars.
Circling vast prairies amid pine flatwoods and depression marshes, the South Loop in Myakka State Forest provides a sense of perspective along the Myakka River basin.
With 380 acres of uplands and wetlands along the rim of Tippecanoe Bay, Tippecanoe Environmental Park can be explored on an extensive interconnected network of hiking trails.
Set aside for the conservation of gopher tortoise and Florida scrub-jay habitat in Port Charlotte, Tippecanoe II sits just south of Tippecanoe Environmental Park
