Regional Hiking
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Hiking South Florida and the Keys features thirty-nine of the finest trails the region has to offer, from wet cypress swamps to dry pinewood forests. Four sections-Short Family Hikes, Day and Overnight Hikes, Long Haulers, and Walking the Florida Keys-comprise this user-friendly guide. M. Timothy O'Keefe shares his top hikes in twenty-three prime areas, including Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Jonathan Dickenson State Park, Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, and National Key Deer Refuge. Each hike includes all the information you need to make the most of exploring South Florida and the Keys on foot. Look inside to find:* Hikes suited to every ability* Directions to the trailheads* Comprehensive trail descriptions, maps, and elevation profiles* Mile-by-mile directional cues* Difficulty ratings, average hiking times, best hiking seasons, and elevation gain/loss for every featured hike* Area-specific tips on safety, hiking ethics, plants and animals, preserving the environment, and more
Hiking North Florida and the Panhandle describes 30 hikes designed to highlight some of the best natural areas throughout the region. The hikes in this book fall into four different categories: Short Family Walks ranging from 1-3 miles, Day Hikes from 3-12 miles, Overnight Hikes with easy walks to primitive campsites and Long Haulers, true backpacking experiences that require a weekend to complete.
Hiking Central Florida describes thirty of the region's best and most varied hikes, those that offer the chance to observe unspoiled, natural Florida at its finest. With terrain ranging from wet cypress swamps to dry pinewood forests, the region offers subtly striking scenery and it harbors rich diversity.Covering the area from Ocala to State Road 60 near Lake Wales and Yeehaw Junction—and also embracing the northern stretch of the Florida Trail in the Ocala National Forest and the Bulow Plantation/Bulow Creek hike on the Atlantic coast—this user-friendly guide takes you from short family hikes in places such as Canaveral National Seashore, to backpackers' delights. It provides all the information you need to make the most of exploring Central Florida by foot. Look inside to find:• Hikes suited to every ability• Directions to the trailheads• Comprehensive trail descriptions and maps• Mile-by-mile directional cues• Difficulty ratings, average hiking times, and best hiking seasons for every featured hike• Area-specific tips on safety, hiking ethics, plants and animals, preserving the environment, and more