At the Bill Sadowski Park and Nature Center, the Old Cutler Hammock Nature Trail offers a glimpse of what Cutler Ridge looked like before development. A verdant tropical hammock tops bizarre geologic … [Read more...]
Big Trees
Hiking trails that feature or pass by trees of enormous sizes, some of which are in the Florida or National Register of Trees.
Daggerwing Nature Center
Behind Daggerwing Nature Center in busy South County Regional Park, a boardwalk leads you into habitats that have all but been erased from the surrounding crowd of suburbia in west Boca Raton. The … [Read more...]
San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park – Moonshine Creek Trails
Throughout Gainesville, creeks vanish into the ground, becoming part of the Floridan Aquifer. Along the two short but rugged trails that comprise this loop - the Moonshine Creek Trail and the Creek … [Read more...]
Cellon Oak Park
In our North Florida explorations, one goal of mine was to visit the Cellon Oak, Florida's largest live oak (in terms of crown spread) and the current cover photo of Big Trees: The Florida Register, … [Read more...]
Florida Trail, Little Big Econ State Forest
Flanking the banks of the Econlockhatchee River, a ribbon of wilderness protects a swath of forests edged on one side by suburbia, on the other by ranchland. It is the Little-Big Econ State Forest, … [Read more...]
Florida Trail, Hickory Hammock to Chandler Slough West
Following a narrow ribbon of oak hammocks along the rim of vast prairies edging the Kissimmee River floodplain, this segment of the Florida Trail weaves back and forth from US 98 into cattle pastures … [Read more...]
Florida Trail, Pruitt
It’s not just the ancient live oaks, but the switchbacks and scrambles, the habitat diversity, the stories that the landscape tells—and “Stonehenge.” These are some of the reasons that the … [Read more...]
Myakka River State Park – Canopy Walk and Boylston Nature Trail
Other than the Bird Trail, a boardwalk out into the Myakka River, the Myakka Canopy Walk is the most popular short trail in Myakka River State Park in Sarasota, one of Southwest Florida's largest … [Read more...]
Bulow Plantation Ruins State Park – Bulow Creek Loop
With a trailhead just outside the park gate of Bulow Plantation Ruins State Park, the yellow-blazed Bulow Creek Loop is part of a larger trail system that includes the Bulow Creek Trail - stretching … [Read more...]
Lake Jesup Conservation Area – Marl Bed Flats
Featuring one of the prettiest hammocks of ancient live oaks that you'll find along Lake Jesup, the Marl Bed Flats Tract of Lake Jesup Conservation Area along the lake's north shore is a delightful … [Read more...]
