Florida Trail, Seminole State Forest
Seminole State Forest 7.5 miles7.5 miles. Walk through vast, open spaces that you’d never imagine existed so close to Orlando.
Greeneyes Wildlife Preserve
Apopka 0.9 milesExplore rolling sandhills peppered with the preserve's namesake wildflower along a pair of short loop trails with benches and picnic tables.
Historic Ethel Trail
Sorrento 1.4 milesInside Rock Springs Run State Reserve, an interpretive loop trail leads visitors through a corner of the state park where the rural settlement of Ethel once stood.
Lake Lucie Conservation Area
Apopka 1.7 milesA shaded loop trail winding through mesic hammocks borders a marsh that was once known as Lake Lucie.
Lower Wekiva Loop
Sanford 10.5 milesVenture across lush floodplain forests of Blackwater Creek and the Wekiva River, using a scrubby section of the Florida Trail to create the 10.5-mile Lower Wekiva Loop.
Rock Springs Run Hiking Trail
Sorrento 12.3 milesWith more than 12 miles of hiking through the heart of Florida black bear territory, the loops at Rock Springs Run Reserve State Park get you into the wild outside Orlando.
Rock Springs Run Reserve State Park
You have a better-than-average chance of spotting a Florida black bear at Rock Springs Run State Reserve, a vast wilderness area in the Wekiva River basin.
Sandhill Preserve
Apopka 1.5 milesSurrounded by farmland and expanding housing developments, a climax sandhill habitat northwest of Apopka provides a wooded haven for wildlife.
Seminole State Forest
Sorrento milesWith nearly 50 miles of trails and roads for hiking, biking, and equestrian use, Seminole State Forest offers surprising panoramas and bubbling springs north of Orlando.
Sulphur Island Loop
Sorrento 9.0 milesA short distance from the bustling metropolis of Orlando, the Sulphur Island Loop Trail explores one of Florida’s endangered ecosystems, the scrub.