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...]
Hikes by Springs
Great places to explore the outdoors and the beauty of Florida's waters. Many of these hikes include swimming areas at the springs, so you can have a splashing good time afterward!
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 – 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...]
Green Spring Park
Hidden deep in a leafy glade, a shimmering pool rises from the earth to pour through palm hammocks towards the St. Johns River. At Green Spring Park, the trails are short but well-groomed, with … [Read more...]
Wakulla Springs State Park
Created by volunteers from the Friends of Wakulla Springs, the new Wakulla Springs Trail provides up to 10 miles of hiking in a round-trip and loop that showcases the variety of habitats along the … [Read more...]
Troy Spring State Park
The place: the Suwannee River. The year was 1863, and those pesky Federals were snooping all over Florida, seizing goods and burning plantations. A steamboat builder in Bradford Springs wrote to … [Read more...]
Ocala National Forest – Timucuan Trail
In less than a mile, you experience all of the major habitats of the Ocala National Forest—and can cool off with a swim. Noted for its clarity, Alexander Springs gushes out of a subterranean crevice … [Read more...]
Spring Hammock Preserve
Fed by a trickle of hidden springs through lush hammocks of cabbage palms, Spring Hammock Preserve in Winter Springs is one of the most delightful places to take a hike in the Orlando area. In this … [Read more...]
Ravine Gardens State Park
Built in 1934 by CCC workers with 250,000 ornamental plants and 95,000 azaleas, Ravine Gardens was named the “Nation’s Outstanding Citizen Works Administration Project” when it opened. In 1970, … [Read more...]
