Alafia Scrub Preserve
Riverview 1.4 milesDiscover a new perspective on the Alafia River basin on this easy loop through riverside uplands with a scenic overlook at its center.
Apollo Beach Nature Preserve
Encompassing 63 acres along Tampa Bay, Apollo Beach Nature Preserve offers a natural waterfront and scenic views from an accessible observation tower.
Bahia Beach Preserve
Ruskin 1.4 milesWinding between a pair of ponds, the short trail at Bahia Beach Nature Preserve provides excellent birding opportunities amid restored habitats with native plants.
Bullfrog Creek WEA
Wimauma 5.0 milesA hidden preserve in the Tampa metro offers a network of unmarked trails for a 5 mile hike traversing a shady creek and open flatwoods with patches of scrubby habitat.
Camp Bayou Nature Preserve
Ruskin 2.8 milesLocated on the banks of the Little Manatee River, Camp Bayou Nature Preserve provides an easygoing set of trails through a variety of natural Florida habitats.
Cockroach Bay Nature Preserve
Tampa 1.8 milesDirectly across Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg, two loop trails in Cockroach Bay Nature Preserve navigate restored wetlands and a lookout point known as Mount Cockroach.
Cockroach Creek Greenway
Ruskin 4.0 milesSurrounded by commercial farming, this rare piece of conserved natural land offers upland loops around a creek feeding Cockroach Bay.
E.G. Simmons Park
E.G. Simmons Park in Ruskin offers a campground along with its beaches and mazy mangrove-lined waterways for paddlers and anglers along Tampa Bay.
Jeanie and Pete Johnson Nature Preserve
Gibsonton 1.0 milesShowcasing an impressive variety of habitats within a relatively small preserve, a mile long loop trail provides exceptional natural scenery along an easy, well-maintained path.
Little Manatee River Corridor Nature Preserve
Wimauma 3.5 milesIn the Little Manatee River watershed, the 579 Trailhead offers access to a pair of loop trails across palmetto prairies and shady oak hammocks.
Little Manatee River Leonard Lee Trails
Wimauma 5.6 milesTwo connected trails along the south side of the Little Manatee River explore a variety of habitats on former ranches now protected by Hillsborough County as Little Manatee River Corridor Nature Preserve.
Little Manatee River Nature Trails
Wimauma 2.0 milesThe aptly named Sandpine and Oxbow Trails interconnect to showcase sand pine scrub and winding curves alongside a blackwater river.