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St. Cloud

Hiking, biking, paddling, camping, and other outdoor recreation near the city of St. Cloud. Once the heart of frontier Florida, St. Cloud is a bustling community to the east of Kissimmee with an expansive lakefront on East Lake Toho.

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Fall in the floodplain

floodplain fall color

January 13, 2012    Sandra Friend

Don’t believe people when they say there are no seasons in Florida. We always look forward to the change of color in Florida’s floodplains, even if they happen in December.

Florida Trail, Bull Creek WMA

Along the Florida Trail at Bull Creek

Bull Creek WMA  |  Holopaw
( 28.084741,-80.967182 )      20.5 miles

Providing a 20.5 mile loop for backpacking amid open pine savannas and prairies, the Florida Trail at Bull Creek WMA is a popular destination.

Florida Trail, Orlando

Florida Trail at Forever Florida

Florida National Scenic Trail  |  Christmas, Chuluota, Kenansville, Lake Mary, Longwood, Oviedo, Paisley, Sanford, Titusville, Winter Springs
( 27.927990, -81.122780 )      148.0 miles

148.0 miles. Spanning from the Ocala National Forest south through the prairies of Osceola County, the Orlando section of the Florida Trail encompasses the eastern suburbs of the Orlando metro

Florida Trail, Prairie Lakes Loop

Pine flatwoods at Prairie Lakes

Florida Trail, Kissimmee  |  Three Lakes WMA
( 27.9277, -81.1249 )      11.4 miles

11.4 miles. Enjoy the counterpoint of moss-draped oak hammocks and expansive prairies at Prairie Lakes, one of the older and more beloved pieces of the Florida Trail

Florida Trail, Three Lakes WMA

Florida Trail, Prairie Lakes

Three Lakes WMA  |  Kenansville
( 27.92837, -81.125028 )      26.9 miles

At Three Lakes WMA / Prairie Lakes Unit, the Florida Trail traverses one of the largest expanses of open prairie in the Southeast, the Kissimmee Prairie.

Florida Trail, Western Corridor

Cypress Lakes Preserve

Florida National Scenic Trail  |  Belleview, Brooksville, Dade City, Dunnellon, Inverness, Kissimmee, Ocala, Silver Springs, St. Cloud
( 27.927990, -81.122780 )      241 miles

241 miles. With segments linking Withlacoochee State Forest and the Cross Florida Greenway, the Western Corridor provides access to wild spaces between Tampa and Ocala

Lake Lizzie Conservation Area

Marsh Loop at Lake Lizzie

St. Cloud      ( 28.227280,-81.178126 )      11.0 miles

Hugging the eastern shore of Lake Lizzie, Lake Lizzie Conservation Area encompasses more than a thousand acres along several lakes set among a vast mosaic of prairies, pine flatwoods, and scrub forest

Lake Lizzie Marsh Loop

Lake Lizzie's marshes from the overlook

Lake Lizzie Conservation Area  |  St. Cloud
( 28.227685,-81.178857 )      1.7 miles

In the most accessible corner of the thousand acres that make up Lake Lizzie Conservation Area in St. Cloud, the Marsh Loop is an easy 1.7 mile hiking-only loop

Lake Runnymede Conservation Area

Lake Runnymeade Conservation Area

St. Cloud      ( 28.265663,-81.257973 )      0.9 miles

Ancient live oaks provide a tightly knit canopy over the 0.9-mile trail system at Lake Runnymede Conservation Area, a 43 acre urban preserve.

Split Oak Forest WEA

Split Oak Forest

Narcoosee      ( 28.353333, -81.210917 )      6.4 miles

A live oak tree more than 200 years old is the centerpiece of Split Oak Forest, a 2,000-acre prairie and scrub preserve near Orlando, home to families of sandhill cranes

Sunset Ranch Trail

Sunset Ranch Trail

Three Lakes WMA  |  Kenansville
( 27.903900, -81.098200 )      2.2 miles

The 2.2-mile Sunset Ranch Trail at the Prairie Lakes Unit of Three Lakes WMA provides an easy day hike for birding near Lake Marian.

Triple N Ranch

Triple N Ranch

Triple N Ranch WMA  |  Holopaw
( 28.130450, -81.020450 )      7.5 miles

Vast pine savannas and pitcher plant bogs await at one of the toughest loop trails in the Orlando area a 7.5-mile challenge at Triple N Ranch WMA.

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