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...]
Geological Sites
Hiking trails with interesting geological features, such as sinkholes, waterfalls, rapids, bluffs and ravines, big boulders, and surface karst.
Florida Trail, Pat’s Island to Hidden Pond
One of the most popular hikes on the Florida Trail is also one of the most interesting. Hidden Pond is an oasis in the middle of the Juniper Prairie Wilderness, a designated wilderness area in the … [Read more...]
Wakulla Springs State Park – Cherokee Sink Trail
A karst window into the watery world of the Woodville Karst Plain, Cherokee Sink is a large, deep water-filled sinkhole in a less-traveled section of Wakulla Springs State Park. More than 250 wide at … [Read more...]
Gemini Springs Park
More than 150 years ago, this forest along the marshes of the St. Johns River was cleared for farming, becoming the Padgett homestead on outskirts of busy Enterprise. It later operated as a cattle … [Read more...]
Wekiwa Springs State Park – Wet to Dry Trail
While the Wet to Dry Nature Trail at Wekiwa Springs State Park is the shortest of all of the park's hiking trails, it's also the busiest. Starting near the outflow of Wekiwa Springs as it forms the … [Read more...]
Kelly Park – Oakhill and Prairie Lakes Trails
While most visitors come to Kelly Park for the swimming and tubing - Rock Springs Run is the southernmost tubing run in Florida, and one of the most beautiful natural water parks in the state - Kelly … [Read more...]
Wekiwa Springs Hiking Trail
More than a million people live within twenty miles of Wekiwa Springs State Park, where Orlando’s suburban sprawl encroaches from several directions. It’s one of Florida’s most busy and popular … [Read more...]
Kelly Park – Kelly Loop Trail
Most folks come here for the tubing - the narrow, gushing channel down which Rock Springs Run pours is the best natural water park in Florida - but some of us appreciate the trails, too. The Kelly … [Read more...]
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
A sweep of fragile dunes along a shore that's vanished, over time, under the rush of development: Topsail Hill State Park is a very special place. Protecting more than 3 miles of oceanfront on the … [Read more...]
Florida Trail, Seminole State Forest
One of the older sections of the Florida Trail near Orlando is also one of its finest. A hike through Seminole State Forest leads you through the kind of vast, open spaces that you'd never imagine, … [Read more...]
