Bill Frederick Park
Orlando 2.4 milesInside the City of Orlando, the urban Bill Frederick Park has a wild side, too, with more than 2 miles of trails to meander through scrub forest and along Turkey Lake.
Butterfly Magic at EPCOT
The magic is floral at EPCOT each spring when Walt Disney World trots out the International Flower & Garden Show with its thousands of blooms.
Crooked River Preserve
Clermont 1.7 milesOn a 1.7-mile loop, Crooked River Preserve showcases a wide variety of habitats in a short hike on the northernmost extent of the Lake Wales Ridge in Clermont.
Disney Wilderness Preserve
Kissimmee 2.5 milesProtected and managed by The Nature Conservancy, Disney Wilderness Preserve is a 11,500 acre showcase for habitat conservation amid suburban sprawl south of Orlando.
Florida Trail, Bull Creek WMA
Florida Trail, Orlando 13.8 milesFollowing a significant tributary to the St. Johns River, the Florida Trail through Bull Creek WMA showcases history and botanical beauty.
Gatorland
Gatorland is not just a historic Florida attraction but an immersion into what this part of Central Florida used to be, a cypress swamp full of critters.
Hal Scott Preserve
Bithlo 17.7 milesExplore vast prairies and seepage bogs, cross the Econ River at Curry Ford, and camp under a live oak canopy—all just east of the Orlando International Airport.
Historic Babb Landing
Kissimmee 1.8 milesHome to Osceola Pioneer Village, this 160-acre segment of Shingle Creek Regional Park edges Shingle Creek with easy accessible trails looping a former homestead and citrus grove.
In Bloom at Epcot
In March, we participated in the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival as invited speakers, talking about Florida hiking. It was delightful to reach a new audience who enjoys the outdoors.
Kissimmee
Once a frontier town on the Florida prairie, Kissimmee is now a vacation destination for theme park enthusiasts and a trail town on the Florida Trail.
Lake Lizzie Conservation Area
St. Cloud 11.0 milesHugging the eastern shore of Lake Lizzie, Lake Lizzie Conservation Area encompasses more than a thousand acres, a vast mosaic of prairies, pine flatwoods, and scrub forest.
Lake Louisa Hiking Trail
Clermont 7.7 milesUsing the decades-old Lake Louisa Hiking Trail as its backbone, this 7.7-mile loop spans natural wetlands and rolling hills at Lake Louisa State Park.