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Visit Florida, the state’s tourism bureau, has launched a website that helps people plan paddling, hiking and horseback trails vacations in the Sunshine State. With more than 8,000 miles of existing land trails and 4,000 miles of water trails, according to a Visit Florida report, the state won the inaugural award of “Best Trails [...]
On Oct. 4 Visit Florida, the state tourism bureau, is scheduled to launch a website that will help people plan paddling, hiking and horseback trails vacations in the Sunshine State. With more than 8,000 miles of existing land trails and 4,000 miles of water trails, according to a Visit Florida report, the state won the inaugural award [...]
Mosaic Outdoor Club of South Florida, a Jewish club named after Moses, “the original outdoor Jew,” has announced upcoming events for members and nonmembers. Gentiles are welcome to participate. On Sept. 19 club members will have a kayaking adventure off Key Biscayne, an island paradise connected by bridge to hectic Miami. A naturalist [...]
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Backpacking and Hiking ($17) is now on sale. Idiots of Florida’s trails, rejoice! Written by Jason Stevenson, the former skills editor at Backpacker magazine, the book offers advice to people ranging from hardcore trekkers to strolling honeymooners and seniors. Specific subjects include how to choose a trip and location; ways [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed a 4.5-mile section of the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail until Aug. 31. LOST is closed from Lake Harbor (Structure 354) to South Bay in order to accommodate the delivery of 40,000 tons of armor stone that will be used to reinforce the Herbert Hoover Dike in the [...]
A naturalist at Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park in Hollywood will lead a hike to observe native mangroves on March 4. Open to all ages, the cost is $3 per person. The hike down the Lake Observation Trail is from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. To learn more visit Broward.org/parks/wlpaknc or call [...]
From now until March, guided swamp walks are being offered off the Tamiami Trail, behind the Big Cypress Gallery of renowned Everglades photographer Clyde Butcher. Naturalist Rick Cruz guides a walk at 10 a.m. and another at 2 p.m. every Saturday. The cost is $75 per person, which includes a $25 credit in the [...]
The Sierra Club of Miami is hosting a 3.4-mile hike off the Tamiami Trail on Feb. 13. Members and newcomers can participate. Hikers will meet at the Oasis Ranger Station, off Tamiami Trail in the middle of the Everglades, then embark on the Robert’s Strand portion of the Florida Trail. According to a club [...]
The Loxahatchee chapter of the Florida Trail Association is offering a daylong ocean to lake hike on Nov. 14. Throughout the day participants will trek on trails from Jonathan Dickinson State Park marina north of Jupiter to Riverbend Park west of Jupiter. The distance is 11 miles and is considered strenuous. The cost is [...]
Mosaic Outdoor Club of South Florida, a Jewish club named after Moses, “the original outdoor Jew,” hosted a Labor Day picnic on Sept. 6 at John U. Lloyd State Park in Dania Beach. It included hamburgers, kosher hot dogs, chips and watermelon. The park offered kayak, canoe and other water toys for rent. On Aug. [...]
