Florida Trail

The Florida Trail is one of eleven National Scenic Trails in the United States. It currently runs 1,500 miles (2,400 km), from Big Cypress National Preserve (between Miami and Naples, Florida along the Tamiami Trail) to Fort Pickens at Gulf Islands National Seashore, Pensacola Beach. Also known as the Florida National Scenic Trail (which applies only to its federally certified segments), the Florida Trail provides permanent non-motorized recreation opportunity for hiking and other compatible activities and is within an hour of most Floridians. The Florida National Scenic Trail is designated as a National Scenic Trail by the National Trails System Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-543).

Florida Trail
Hiking the Florida Trail through the Ocala National Forest on the Western Corridor
Length1,500 mi (2,400 km)
LocationFlorida
EstablishedOctober 29, 1966
DesignationNational Scenic Trail
TrailheadsBig Cypress National Preserve, Fort Pickens at Gulf Islands National Seashore, Pensacola Beach
UseHiking allowed throughout, other uses allowed in certain sections by land manager: non-motorized recreation opportunity for hiking and other compatible activities
DifficultyModerate
SeasonYear-round, maintained for seasonal use September through April
HazardsSevere weather, alligators, venomous snakes, bears
Trail map

terminus
Fort Pickens
Pensacola Beach
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Navarre Connector
Navarre
Eglin Air Force Base
Blackwater River State Forest
Blackwater River State Park
Holt
branch terminus
Crestview
Eglin Air Force Base
Nokuse Plantation
Pine Log State Forest
US 231
SR 71
Blountstown
Apalachicola River
Apalachicola National Forest
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
St. Marks
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
US 98
US 19
Twin Rivers State Forest
Suwannee River State Park
I-75
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
White Springs
Big Shoals State Park
US 441
Osceola National Forest
I-10
Olustee Battlefield
US 90
SR 100
Lake Butler
US 301
Hampton
Camp Blanding
Keystone Heights
Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park
Etoniah Creek State Forest
SR 20
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway
Ocala National Forest
Silver Springs State Park
Dunnellon
Seminole State Forest
US 41
I-4
Hernando
Lake Mary
Inverness
Withlacoochee State Forest
Longwood
Winter Springs
US 41
SR 417
Oviedo
Little Big Econ State Forest
I-75
Withlacoochee State Forest
Charles H. Bronson State Forest
Green Swamp
Christmas
I-4
SR 528
Kissimmee
St. Cloud
US 192
SR 60
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
US 98
SR 70
Lake Okeechobee
US 441
Moore Haven
Pahokee
Clewiston
South Bay
Big Cypress National Preserve
I-75
terminus
US 41

With its first blaze marked by members of the Florida Trail Association at Clearwater Lake Recreation Area in the Ocala National Forest, the Florida Trail began on October 29, 1966. The Florida Trail was officially designated as a National Scenic Trail in 1983. The U.S. Forest Service, through the National Forests in Florida program, is the official administrator of the Florida National Scenic Trail (FNST), but trail development, maintenance, and management are a result of volunteers and land managers throughout the state.

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