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Manatees Crystal River

Wildlife viewing in Florida

Parks, natural lands, and trails notable for wildlife encounters, the whole range from armadillos to alligators, Florida black bears to gopher tortoises, and manatees to whales.

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park

Topsail Hill Beach Preserve State Park

South Walton      ( 30.371394,-86.272686 )      

With one of Florida’s most beautiful sweeps of beach, Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is a linear preserve with tall dunes along three miles of shoreline

Torreya Hiking Trail

Longleaf pines

Torreya State Park  |  Bristol
( 30.577133, -84.949083 )      14.4 miles

One of the most rugged hikes in Florida, the Torreya Hiking Trail treats you to an scenic landscape of ravines and bluffs rising 300 feet above the Apalachicola River.

Torreya State Park

Floodplain forest at Torreya

Bristol      ( 30.568192,-84.946344 )      15.9 miles

Perched on bluffs above the Apalachicola River, Torreya State Park is one of Florida’s first state parks, developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s

Tosohatchee White Loop

Pine flatwoods in Florida

Tosohatchee WMA  |  Christmas
( 28.477534, -80.958799 )      10.8 miles

A botanically-rich immersion into Tosohatchee WMA, the White Loop combines the Florida Trail and the White Trail for a hike of nearly 11 miles.

Tosohatchee WMA

Pine-palm flatwoods

Christmas      ( 28.498365, -80.998584 )      60.0 miles

Protecting more than 30,000 acres of the St. Johns River floodplain near Christmas, Tosohatchee WMA is a place to immerse yourself in the grandeur of old Florida and its bounty of botanical beauty.

Tower Pond Trail

Tower Pond Trail St Marks NWR

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge  |  St. Marks
( 30.087983, -84.164433 )      1.1 miles

At St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, the Tower Pond Trail loops a mile through vast impoundments and marshes along the Gulf of Mexico, providing scenic panoramas and great birding.

Tree Snail Hammock Trail

Liguus tree snail

Big Cypress National Preserve  |  Pinecrest
( 25.746467, -80.947850 )      0.3 miles

On the Tree Snail Hammock Trail, walk slowly and look carefully at the limbs and the trunks of the trees in this tropical hammock to discover some of the smallest and rarest creatures of Big Cypress

Tree Tops Park

In the live oak canopy at Tree Tops Park

Davie      ( 26.074014, -80.275259 )      1.2 miles

Climb into the forest canopy to browse among the bromeliads amid the ancient live oaks at Tree Tops Park

Triple N Ranch

Cypress strand

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.

Troy Spring State Park

Troy Spring

Mayo      ( 29.998206,-82.998986 )      

A first-magnitude spring along the Suwannee River, Troy Spring State Park has the remains of a Civil War steamboat cradled in its rocky waters.

Tucker Bayou Trail

Tucker Bayou Trail

Eden Gardens State Park  |  Point Washington
( 30.373418, -86.119572 )      0.9 miles

At Eden Gardens State Park, the Tucker Bayou Trail starts and ends at the Tucker Bayou picnic area and leads you through dense forests above the bayou

Tuscawilla Preserve

Tuscawilla Preserve live oak canopy

Alachua Conservation Trust  |  Micanopy
( 29.502246, -82.269881 )      0.7 miles

Peek through thick curtains of Spanish moss beneath grandfather live oaks along the shores of an ancient lake

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