Trail Running Shoes Pensacola FL

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Trail Surface: Paved
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy

Description: The Gumbo-Limbo Trail is a self-guided, paved trail that meanders through a shaded, jungle-like hammock of gumbo-limbo trees, royal palms, ferns and air plants. You’ll also see native orchids and long trailing woody vines reminding you of a lush Caribbean environment. This beautiful hammock is rather dense at times, inviting all types of swarming insects. You should apply bug spray. An interesting note about this paved, wheelchair accessible route is that you’ll see remains of the destruction done by Hurricane Andrew. Be sure to look for the sideways surviving gumbo-limbo trees that have sent out new roots. These tropical trees tend to be highly resilient.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 11 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Moderate

Description: There are more than 28 miles of connecting trails winding through the pine forest around Long Pine Key Campground. The first is the Long Pine Key Nature Trail is a continuous 7 mile trail that runs west from the campground to Pine Glades Lake along the main park road. It is open to hikers and bicyclists. The Old Ingraham Highway is also open to bicycles. It runs 11 miles south and west from near the Royal Palm Visitor Center and with two overnight campsites along the way. There have been reports of sightings of the endangered Florida panther in this area.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 7.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Moderate

Description: The Coastal Prairie Trail is a little less traveled than the other trails in this area due to its location and Length. The trail begins at the rear of Flamingo Campground Loop C. From here it leads into a beautiful mangrove forest of buttonwoods. This wide route was once an old road servicing commercial fishermen and farmers. Hiking along the coast provides beautiful, expansive views of clear waters and open sky. Hiking several miles “in” affords better opportunities to see the park’s wildlife than some of the shorter trails found in Flamingo. Although fast hikers can make the 15-mile round trip in one day, that doesn’t allow time to watch the sun set across the water, or listen to the waves gently lapping at the beach, or enjoy the breeze that sways the coconut palms (remains of a failed plantation). Primitive camping is permitted when first obtaining a permit. Permits are available at the visitor centers.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy

Description: The Anhinga Trail is a self-guided trail that winds through a sawgrass marsh. This trail is one of the most popular in the park and is named for the ever-present distinctive bird, the anhinga. Wildlife sights extend beyond the anhinga. You’ll also see alligators, turtles, herons, egrets and many other birds, especially during the winter. The anhingas are easy to spot. They are an upright-perching water bird approximately 3 feet long. They are black and their long slender necks extend above the freshwater surface. It is easy to understand why the bird has the nickname, “snakebird.” They are fascinating to watch feed, with their long dagger-shaped, serrated bill catching fish then flipping it into the air and gulping it down. Look for these birds congregating in thick vegetation.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 2.6 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Moderate

Description: The Rowdy Bend Trail is a 2.6-mile one-way Hiking and biking trail. The trail is located less than three miles north of Flamingo along Main Park Road. The Rowdy Bend Trail is an old roadbed through a thick buttonwood forest. The well traveled dirt road only extends several hundred feet before the Rowdy Bend Trail splits off to the right. The Rowdy Bend Trail ends at the Snake Bight Trail. You can take the Snake Bight Trail back to Main Park Road, returning a little north of Rowdy Bend Trailhead, or down to Florida Bay. It offers sights of open coastal salt prairie rich in bird and animal life.