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...]
Tropical
Hiking trails that feature America's most tropical habitats, with many of the trees having naturally migrated to Florida from the Caribbean by seed dispersion over centuries. These particular hikes have a truly tropical feel.
John Prince Park – Custard Apple Trail
Winding through a tropical hammock and along open marshy areas, the interpretive Custard Apple Trail provides a taste of the wilderness that the first modern settlers (circa 1883) found when they came … [Read more...]
Tall Cypress Natural Area
Botanical diversity abounds in the 66-acre Tall Cypress Natural Area. Along the boardwalks, you'll wander through a cypress slough that is a wonderland of ferns, with a profusion of giant sword ferns, … [Read more...]
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...]
Doris Davis Foreman Wilderness Preserve
A pretty patch of tropical hammock hides amid the bustle of suburbia in Parkland, a Broward County community, within the 20-acre Doris Davis Foreman Wilderness Preserve. The half-mile loop, mostly … [Read more...]
Grassy Waters Preserve – Eagle Trail
Forming a loop around Gator Lake in Grassy Waters Preserve, the Eagle Trail tunnels through a tropical hammock to provide overlooks across the wet prairies of the Loxahatchee Slough and across the … [Read more...]
Grassy Waters Preserve – Hog Hammock Trail
Offering another perspective on the vast Loxahatchee Slough, the Hog Hammock Trail at Grassy Waters Preserve, leads you into a tropical hammock and a dark, dense, fern-filled cabbage palm hammock … [Read more...]
Fort Pierce Inlet State Park
At a state park best known for its great surfing, the Maritime Hammock Trail at Fort Pierce State Park is a gentle introduction to a seaside semi-tropical forest, a counterpoint of deep shade to the … [Read more...]
Big Cypress National Preserve – Tree Snail Hammock Trail
In this hammock, you enter a world inhabited by rare and tiny creatures—the colorful and endangered liguus tree snails of South Florida’s hammocks. You'll likely enjoy spotting liguus snails on … [Read more...]
Rocky Point Hammock
An oasis of tropical hammock in a sea of suburbia, Rocky Point Hammock is perched along the Atlantic Coastal Ridge in Port Salerno, south of Stuart. This unique location creates an appealing mix of … [Read more...]
