Perhaps the most popular getaway on Florida’s Nature Coast, Cedar Key is at the end of a 24-mile highway that follows a railroad bed which naturalist John Muir walked and then wrote about in his “1,000 Mile Journey to the Gulf.” Hikes on this coast are mostly in the surrounding preserves and National Wildlife Refuges, but this historic community has several great nature trails, too, including ones that can only be reached by boat.
Cedar Key Museum Historic State Park - Follow the signs out through the residential area to this large compound established in 1962 as the first museum to capture Cedar Key’s long history as presented by St. Clair Whitman, a colorful local man [...]
Goethe State Forest – Big Cypress Trail - Hidden in the depths of a floodplain forest in the heart of Goethe State Forest, the Big Cypress Trail is a short hike that leads to one of Florida’s most amazing botanical wonders. At the [...]
