Trail along the Suwanee River

Even though this is our 3^rd time visiting the park, I didn’t realize how many hiking trails the park had. Unfortunately, the park doesn’t have any maps and even the hiking apps have limited maps. We were able to use google enough so we didn’t get lost. There was a trail right outside our RV that wandered to the river (0.6 mi). John and I took a left along the Suwanee River and eventually made it back to the RV after walking the park roads for a total of 2 miles.

On my morning walk, I did the same walk to the river then turned right. The full hike was about 4 miles and pretty nice!

The cool part is that this trail is part of the Florida Trail. The trail runs ~1,500 miles from Big Cypress National Preserve (near the Everglades) to Gulf Islands National Seashore (near Pensacola). During my hike, I met 4 hikers that were doing the trail. One mentioned he’s done the Appalachian Trail, the Continental Divide Trail, and the Pacific Crest Trail. Those trails are much more popular but the Florida Trail is known for being a good trail to hike during the winter since no one in their right mind would hike during the summer in Florida. The trail also is known for sections that require slogging through swamps where you regularly see alligators. Since Florida is basically flat, it is not a tough trail but it can get exciting!

I want to come back to do more of the trails in the park.