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 who started his own personal museum of artifacts and seashells. Whitman’s house is under restoration on the property; a short [...]
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 end of this ramble past large and larger trees, you follow a boardwalk to the base of a towering cypress [...]
