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Fakahatchee ferns

Stuart

Stuart is the southern anchor of the Treasure Coast, surrounded by natural lands and refuges that offer plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation.

Maggy’s Hammock Park

Rocky Point Hammock

Stuart      ( 27.157579, -80.183076 )      1.0 miles

Formerly known as Rocky Point Hammock, Maggy’s Hammock Park protects 22 acres of tropical forest and scrub on the Atlantic Coastal Ridge in Port Salerno

Ocean to Lake Greenway

Florida Trail on the Ocean-to-Lake Greenway

July 26, 2014    Sandra Friend

Also known as the Northeast Everglades Natural Area, the Ocean to Lake Greenway spans from Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge in Hobe Sound across portions of Martin and Palm Beach Counties to Lake Okeechobee.

Okeechobee’s Last Wild Shore

November 22, 2015    Sandra Friend

Hiking Lake Okeechobee’s ancient shoreline is a surprise and a delight. The trail bobs. It weaves. It curves around naturally scoured waterways, and tunnels deeply through a tropical understory.

Rafael Sanchez Trail

Rafael Sanchez Trail

Okeechobee Ridge Park  |  Port Mayaca
( 26.986849, -80.617104 )      5.7 miles

Snaking through an oh-so-slender slice of the rocky Okeechobee Ridge, the relict shoreline of Lake Okeechobee, the Rafael Sanchez Trail stays in deep shade for its 5.7 mile traverse of this skinny stretch of forest.

Seabranch Preserve Hiking Trails

Sandhill wireweed

Seabranch Preserve State Park  |  Hobe Sound
( 27.130517, -80.169517 )      4.8 miles

On more than 1,000 acres along the Intracoastal Waterway south of Stuart, the double loop trail at Seabranch Preserve State Park showcases a coastal scrub forest.

Seabranch Preserve State Park

Scrub at Seabranch Preserve

Hobe Sound      ( 27.130532,-80.169543 )      

Find a wonderland of white sand and small shrubs at Seabranch Preserve State Park, which protects a sand pine scrub and more along the Atlantic Coastal Ridge

South Fork Nature Trail

South Fork Nature Trail

Halpatiokee Regional Park  |  Stuart
( 27.1041, -80.2519 )      3.1 miles

Along one of the Treasure Coast’s most scenic waterways, the South Fork Nature Trail shows off the best side of the South Fork of the St. Lucie River

St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park

Paddling to St Lucie Inlet Preserve (Lori Burris)

Hobe Sound      ( 27.150663,-80.16404 )      

On the north tip of Jupiter Island, St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park is one of those rare parks that you can only reach by boat – motored, or under your own power, as most visitors do, by paddling through mangrove-lined coves.

Sweetbay Natural Area

Sweetbay Natural Area

December 15, 2008    Sandra Friend

A quick visit to Sweetbay Natural Area, which has a trailhead along the Beeline north of PGA Boulevard. Wildflowers put on a grand show in the summer months.

Walking the Ocean to Lake Hiking Trail

Ocean to Lake History

February 20, 2013    Sandra Friend

This week marks the 9th Annual Ocean to Lake Hike. It was a delight to learn last year that the 61-mile Ocean-to-Lake Trail is finally fully complete and open to the public. Last winter, John and I participated in the final three days of the six day group hike; the year before, I’d done the …

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