Travel

Miami & the Keys

Everglades national park

Ernest F Coe Visitor Center: starting

Fresh water Marl Prairie ecosystem
Drive to Pahayokee Overlook
Guided tours

Long Pine Key

Mangrove ecosystem, Pineland ecosystem
Boat Wilderness Waterway

Flamingo visitor center: southernmost point

Flamingo Marina: Guided boat tour of Florida Bay: Coastal Prairie ecosystem, marine & estuarine ecosystem
Hike Coastal Prairie Trail from Eco Pond to Clubhouse Beach
Kayak white water bay along wilderness waterway canoe trail
Florida national scenic trail: 1 out 11 USA's scenic trails
Flamingo Everglades: Tours for $40 adults, $20 kids, guided boat tours. flamingoeverglades.com

Anhinga trail: Hike by night with a flashlight to see alligator eyes
Drive Tamiami Trail US41 to Shark Valley entrance for Cypress Ecosystem

Shark Valley visitor center
The Observation Tower. Highest point.

Shark Valley Tram Tour: alligators & birds to vide the Fresh Water Slough & Hardwood Ecosystem

When walking, alligators sunbathe on road.
2 hours. $25/adult.

Buffalo Tiger Airboat Rides

45 minutes tour
buffalotigersflevergladesairboattours.com
Cheaper in advance. $25/adult. $200/private tour of 4.

Bobcat Boardwalk Trail & Cave Hammock Trail

Drive scenic loop road from Loop Rd Education Center to Monroe Station
Everglades City

Everglades adventures: kayaking/canoeing tour among mangroves: kid friendly.

Guided tours. $30-$50 canoe/kayak rentals. Guided tours available for 3-4 hours.

morning boat tour to 10,000 islands

Everglades National Park Boat Tours: evergladesnationalparkboattoursgulfcoast.com. Starting $37.10.

Chokoloskee Island

Smallwood Store Boat Tour to 10,000 islands: look for dolphins: kid friendly

Museum of the Everglades
Collier-Seminole State Park

Canoe

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park: hike 2000 ft boardwalk

Skunk Ape Research Headquarters
Big Cypress Photo Gallery

Hikes

Northern Everglades

Kirby Storter Roadside Park boardwalk: 1 mile
Bobcat Boardwalk: 0.5 mile loop to Shark Valley parking lot
Otter Cave Trail: 0.5 miles total: limestone shelf

Southern Everglades

Anhinga Trail: 1.6 miles total. Ranger led walks.
West Lake Trail: 3.6 miles total
Snake Bight: Flamingo visitor center: 3.6 miles
Christian Point: 4 miles
Rowdy Bend: 4 miles
Bear Lack: 3.2 miles

Boat tours

Everglades National Park Tours: nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/guidedtours.htm 905 Copeland Ave. Tours into mangroves for $50/25 or 10,000 islands for $40/20
Everglades Florida Adventures from Gulf Coast Visitor Center: 90 min boat trip to 10000 islands. evergladesflordiaadventures.com. $40/20
Everglades Adventure Tours: evergladesadventurtours.com. 2 hr kayak/pole-boat tour. $99/108.

Big Cypress National Preserve

Loop Road Scenic drive: Stop at HP Williams roadside park (with picnic tables), west of Oasis visitor center. Walk boardwalk.
Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center. Manatees

Everglades Safari Park: Gator wrestling shows, 40 min airboart tour through River of Grass, online discounts: evergladessafaripark.com. $28. Authorized to operate inside Everglades national park.
Gator Park: Zoo, educational airboat tours through River of Grass, alligator wrestling. gatorpark.com. $20-$25. Authorized to operate inside Everglades national park.
Coopertown Airboat Tours: 35-40 min tours. coopertownairboats.com. $23. Authorized to operate inside Everglades national park.
Coral Castle
Robert is Here farmer's market & petting zoo
Everglades Outpost wild animal hospital
Royal Palm Visitor Center: boardwalk: alligators, turtles, birds: kid friendly
Pinelands Trailhead to Pa-hay-oskee Overlook
Slough slog: park ranger guided wet walk with overalls into Cypress dome
Miccouskee Indian village: guided visits of homes, boat rides, music & dance. $15 entry. $20 boat rides.
Wooten's Everglades Airboat Tours. $32.50 tours, alligator show: $9, Combo: $60
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Everglades Backcountry Boat tour: 1-1.5 hour tour: backcountry cruise up Buttonwood Canal through Coot Bay, Tarpon Creek into Whitewater Bay. Tickets at marina or online. Flamingo. famingoeverglaes.com/boat-tours
Tropical Everglades visitor center: Florida City

Hell's Bay: Kayak
Key West drive

Key Largo

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo: Kid friendly
Snorkeling, diving, glass bottom boat tours, kayak among mangroves off Key Largo
Only living US coral reef
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park
Dolphins plus Bayside Zoo. Swami with dolphin dolphinsplus.com
Floriday Keys Wild Bird Center
Everglades Eco-Tours: captainsterling.com $60
MV Key Largo Princess: 2 hour glass bottom boat trips $30, sunset cruises. Online savings.
Coral Reef cities of uncommon abundance
African Queen: small steam boat used in movies

Dry Tortugas National Park
Lara Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary
Islamorada

Feed giant tarpons fish at Robbie's marina. $2.25 for doc admission. $4 for bucket of sardines.
Theater of the sea. Animal shows. Glass bottom boat. theaterofthesea.com. $36, $45-$200.
Anne's Beach: Blue green water & squidy tidal flats
Lignumvitae Key State Botanical Site: old growth tropical hardoowd hammock, solution hole, ranger led tour
Indian Key Historic Park: kayak to island & ruins.

Marathon: center

Crane Point Hammock interpretive trails: palm hammock, mangroves, shoreline
Turtle Hospital
Seven mile bridge

Big Pine Key

National Key Deer Refuge
Big Pine Kayak Adventures: Rent a kayak, ferry, kayak back. Mangrove forests of Great White Heron & Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge.

Key West

Sunset show at Mallory Sq
Fort Zachary Taylor State Park: Kid friendly: beach, snorkeling, fort
Jolly Rover: Pirate ship sunset tour: Kid friendly
Key West Butterfuly & Nature Conservatory keywestbutterfly.com $12
Key West Lighthouse Museum & Keeper's Quarters
Southernmost point
Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden. kwbgs.org $7
Key West Eco Tours Kayaking: $115
Lazy Dog Kayaking: $50
Smathers Beach: Hire Hobie Cat for sailing

Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
Grassy Key

Curry Hammock State Park

Bahia Honda State Park: kid friendly

Kayak
3 Beaches. Mile-long Atlantic facing Sandspur beach. Keys best beach.
Ranger led activities.

No Name Key
Stock Island: just east of key west

Sheriff's Animal Farm

Tavernier

Harry Harris Park: small photogenic lagoon
Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary

Sombrero beach
Pigeon Key: Railway worker life
Nancy Forester's Secret Garden: parrots & macaws

Miami

Biltmore Hotel: hunt ghosts
Coral Gables

mansions & villas
Venetian pool: kid friendly
Two hour paddling tours on Coral Gables waterway
Fairchild tropical botanical gardens

South Beach: Deco design

Art Deco Museum
Deco Ocean drive
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
Night life, parties
South Pointe Park: kid friendly
Upscale Collins Ave
Jungle Island zoo: liger, petting farm, lorikeet, wallavy, kangaroo, penguin

Red Reef Beach
Miami Beach

Little Haiti: edgy at night, colorful & ok during day

Wynwood & Design District: Street art & nightlife

Whywood walls

Coconut grove

Barnacle historic state park: old growth miami hammock, cemetery
Kampong Botnical garden

Philip & Patricia Frost Museum of science

Homestead (near Miami)

Fruit & Spice Park
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Garl's Coastal Kayaking: wet-wading into heart of Glades

Key Biscayne: Island adventures

Beaches
Nature center
Leafy trails
Lighthouse at southern tip
Crandon Park

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center

Bill Baggs Cape Flordia State Park:

Cape Florida lighthouse: kid friendly
Free tours at cottage & lighthouse at 10-1 Thu to Mon
Top beach

Miami Seaquarium
Crandon Park Beach: Family friendly
Miami Ecoadventures: mamidade.com: bike, kayak, canoe, snorkeling

Biscayne national park institute: kid friendly: glass bottom boat tours, cruises, paddling trips, snorkeling tours in Homestead

Biscayne National Park Institue

tours $44-$159.
3-4 hour boat cruise: $44/70
4 hour snorkeling trip: $64.
6 hour boat trip: $159
Most trips start at Convoy Point
Dante Fascell Visitor Center

Boat tour for mangrove ecosystem
Adams Key: private boat
Boca Chita Key: Lighthouse, via private boat
Dante Fascell Visitor Center

Informal ranger tour if arranged in advance of Boca Hita Key

Elliott Key

private boat

Homestead Bayfront Park: Family watersports

10000 islands

Boat tours
Dolphins

Big Pine Kayak adventures

Guided tours

Mid-Beach
North-Beach

Mid-Beach Boardwalk: kid firndly

Virginia Key

Manatee spotting
Virginia Key Outdoor Center: Full-moon & new-moon biolumniscent paddles
Virginia Key Beach Park

Dania Beach

Dr Von D Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park: Magroves & beaches

Whiskey Creek Hideout: snorkeling, turtle nesting area

Haulover Beach Park

Family friendly attractions, kite-making workshops

Singer Island

John D MacArthur Beach State Park: Guided sea turtle walks. Beaches, Calm water kayaking north of West Palm Beach. Turtle hatching between May & Aug. 1600 ft boardwalk to mangroves of Lake Worth Cove. Kayak from nature center.
Peanut Island Park

Sebastian Inlet

Sebastian Inlet State Park; Surfing
Pelican Island: US' 1st national wildlife refuge
Honest John's Fish Camp: Kayak & motorboats: spot manatees
Sebastian Inlet Marina: Boat & kayak rentals

Panhandle

Gulf Islands National Seashore: beaches

Fort Pickens Discovery Center, Pensacola Beach, FL
Fort Barrancas Visitor Center, Pensacola, FL
Davis Bayou Visitor Center, Ocean Springs, MS

Cedar Key

Nature tours by bot of Suwannee River: wildlife, kayak marshes & estuary
Cedar Keys national wildlife refuge
Cedar Key museum State park
Kayak Cedar Keys
Tidewater tours: 2 hour nature tours ($29), tiprs aong Suwannee River ($58) & bird-watching treks in wild marshy coasline ($47)
Manatee Springs State Park: Boardwalk

Destin

Henderson beach State park
Ponce de Leon Springs state park
Sugarlike sand beaches of Appalachian quartz crystals
Crab island
Destin history & fishing museum
Dockside watersports

Fort Walton Beach

Air Force Armament Museum
Eglin Air Force Base Reservation
Gulfarium Marine adventure park
Heritage Park & Cultural Center
John Beasley Park

South Walton & 30A beaches

Grayton Beach State Park: Sand
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
Deer lake State Park
Blue mountain beach
Eden Gardens state park: picnic lunch
Coastal dune lakes: here, Oz & NZ

Cape San Blas: secluded wilderness
St Vincent Islands

St Vincent National Wildlife Refuge

accessible only by boat
St Vincent Island Shuttle & fishing carters tours

St. George islands
Dog islands
Cape San Blas & Port St Joe

TH Stone Memorial St Joseph Peninsula State Park: dune, forest, salt marsh quilt wilderness

Pensacola

National Naval Aviation Museum
Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park
Lighthouse
Garcon point trail
Snorkel, kayak Gulf Islands National seashore
DeFuniak Springs

One of 2 naturally circular lake, other in Switzerland

Falling waters state park: Florida's highest 73 foot waterfall. 100 ft cylindrical pit. Exotic plant nursery. Birding. Old whiskey distillery.
Florida Caverns State Park: Underground caverns
Torreya State Park

Endangered type of yew tree. Forested ben in Apalachicola river. High limestone bluffs. Birds, deer, beaver.

Perdido Key

Pedido Key State Park: swimming, shelling, birding
Big Lagoon State Park: bird watching hiking. Observation tower.

Suwannee river

Suwannee river wilderness trail
American canoe adventures aca1.com
Suwannee river state park at confluence of Withlacoochee rivers
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

Mission San Luis
Santa Rosa

Topsail Hill preserve state park: 5 ponds

Santa Rosa Island, Navarre
St Joseph Peninsula State Park: unspoiled beach, swim, snorkel, birding, animals
Manatee Springs State Park: 30 miles north of Cedar Key

Spring from cave mouth feeds Suwannee river. Clear. Snorkel. Animals, birds.

Apalachicola

John Gorrie Museum state park: original refrigerater

Fort Myers

Sanibel Island: family friendly Beach getaway, shelling, kayaking

JN Din Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Visitor Center.

Wildlife Drive. Mangroves.
Guided tram tour
Canoeing

Bowman's Beach

Ferry to Cayo Costa Island: Solitude
Crowded Fort Myers Beach (Estero Island)
Bowditch Pint Park
Lovers Key state park
Cayo Costa State Park

go to island from boat. Captiva cruises. Locations in Punta Gorda, Pine Island, Fort Myers, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island.
Tropic Star Ferry: departs at 9:30 & 2, returns at 1 & 3. $35/25. Pineland Marina

Gasparilla Island State Park
Everglades Day Safari: 4 locations in Fort Myers. Full day tours.

Orlando

Universal

Islands of Adventure

Harry Potter - Hogsmeade

Harry Potter & the Forbidden Journey
Hagrid's Magical Creaturs Motorbike Adventure
Olliver Wand Shop: 10 min show

Dr Seuss
Amazing Adventures of Spider Man 4D
Universal's Return time tickets: If Harry Potter is fill (usually around 10:30), get electronic ticket to return during specific window

Disney

Animal Kingdom

Avatar Flights of Passage
Finding Nemo Musical
Pandora World of Avatar
Kilimanjaro Safari
Festival of Lion King musical
Pangani Forest Exploration trail
Kali river rapids
It's tough to be a bug
Primeval whirl
Expedition everest
Tree of Life
Affection section petting zoo

Hollywood Studios

Star Wars Galaxy's Edge

Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Rise of the Resistance: Join virtual line system once you're in the park. Get time slot. Need to be early.
Long waiting lines

Star Tours: FastPass+
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Muppet vision 3D
Star Tours-Adventures
Indian Jones stunt
Little mermaid voyage
Toy Story Mania
Tower of Terror

Buy Genie+ and/or Lighting lane. Genie+ allows reservations at 7 AM.
My Disney Experience App

Wekiwa Springs State Park
Winter Park

Morse Museum

Harry P Leu Gardens
ICON Orlando

Orlando Eye observation wheel

Crayola Experience
Marsh Landing Adventures
Orlando Science Center

St.Pete Beach
Naples

Pristine city beach. Naples Municipal Beach.
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park

Marco Island
Corkscrew swamp sancutuary
Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge

Three Sisters Springs
Glass bottom boat tours
Snorkeling tours

Tarpon Springs
De Leon Springs State Park
Palatka

Ravine Gardens State Park

Fort De Soto Beach: America's best beach winner
North West Florida

Apalachiola national forest, historical center
Tallahassee: music

St Marks National Wildlife Refuge: visitor center, lighthouse
Alfred B Maclay Gardens State Park
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park: Boat through cypress & mangroves with manatees, alligators, bird life

40 min guided boat tour: $8/5
Glass bottom boat tours. Mastodon fossil.
One of world's deepest springs.
Observation tower.
Swim, snorkel

Cascades Park
Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park
Goodwood Museum & Gardens

Dr Julian G Bruce St George Island state park: Nesting loggerhead turtles, wilderness, dunes, salt marsh trails

Cape St George Lighthouse

Panama City Beach: Boardwalk amusements

Shell Island
St Andrews State Park: Snorkeling, paddling, surfing. Shuttle to Shell Island in Gulf of Mexico. Dolphin & wildlife.
Seacrest wolf preserve
Camp Helen State Park
Shipwreck Island waterpark
Mexico Beach
Airboat Adventures: swampvette.com $34
Dolphin & snorkel tours: $49 dolphinandsnorkeltours.com
Paradise Adventures: Catamaran cruises, pontoon boats etc. $50. paradiseadventurespcb.com
canoeeconfinacreek.net: $40. Snorkeling, canoeing
pcdivecenter.com: Snorkeling, diving. Starts $39
Lake Powell: one of largest lakes
Camp Helen state park

Gold & Treasure coast

Deerfield Beach: surfing area

Butterfly World: Largest butterfly exhibit
Ski Rixen: Water skiing
Island water sports
Splash Adventure water park
Tradewinds park

Fort Lauderdale

Sea Experience: glass botten boat, snorkeling: 2.5 hours
Las Olas Gondola: 75 minutes
Ft Lauderdale Beach

Las Olas stroll, beachfront promenade

Venice of America: waterways: Boat tours
Carrie B Cruises: 90 min tour of the New River. 112 foot paddle. $24. Online discounts. carriebcruises.com
Jungle Queen Riverboats. $25 & higher. junglequeen.com
Water Taxi: $28 day pass
Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum
Museum of Discovery & Science & AutoNation IMAX Theater: $17 museum. $9 IMAX. 7D theatre.
Bonnet House Museum & Gardens. $20 house tours, $10 gardens, $4 tram.
Harbor Beach
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
Billie Swamp Safari: Day pkg: $50. Twilight: $43.
Butterfly World: largest in the world. Aviary. $30.
Everglades Holiday Park: $34 for 1 hour airboat ride
Flamingo Gardens: $20
Sawgrass Recreation Park: $23. Night tours: $40. 30 min airboat tours.
Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Delray Municipal Beach

Atlantic Village with Village by the Sea
Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
Wakodahatchee wetlands
Sandoway Discovery Center
Delray Yatch cruises

Stuart

Island Princess Cruises Boat tours: Indian River, St Lucie River, Jupiter Island. Advanced reservations required. islandpricesscruises.com $28
Hutchinson Island: a barrier island with beaches
Elliott Museum vintage vehicles
Florida Oceanographic Coastal Science Center: aquarium

Juno beach

Loggerhead Marinelife Center: treat turtles

Vero Beach: Grassy parks, pedestrian friendly downton, wide life-guarded beaches

McKee Botanical Gardens
Adventure Kayaking
Orchid Island Bikes & Kayaks
Sai Moonraker: dolphin, swimming, sunset cruises in Indian River Lagoon
Indian river citrus museum

Jupiter

Blowing Rocks Preserve Seaside geyser
Rugged costline
Mangroves
Turtle nesting beaches
dunes
1 hour drive from Palm Beach
Hobe Sound Nature Center, Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
Jonathan Dickinson State park

Boat tours, guided horseback rides, canoe, kayak, boat, bike
Popular Wilderness Guided Boat Tour: 9, 11, 1, 3. Pontoon cruise for 90 minutes.
Loxahatchee

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
Jupiter Beach
Boynton Beach

Arthur R Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Preserve

Visitor Center off refuge's eastern side

1/2 mile Cypress swamp boardwalk
Marsh trail: birding
Guided nature walks

Kayak Loxahatchee river for cypress, mangrove, alligators

Boca Raton

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
Loxahatchee Everglades tours
Red Reef park

Davie

Buehler Planetarium & Observatory
Tree Tops park
Flamingo Gardens

West Palm Beach

Lion Country Safari: $35, $8 parking
Currie Park: DivaDuck tours
Manatee Lagoon
Flagler museum

Palm Beach

Blue Heron Fleet
Palm Beach Water Taxi
Loxahatchee river: wild & scenic

Lake Worth

Lake Worth Beach: white sand
Snook Islands Natural Area
Kayak Lake Worth to Snook Islands Natural Area & Bingham Islands, Sunset & moonlight tours available.

Lake Okeechobee: 2nd largest US freshwater lake. Lake Okeechobee Scenic trail.

Roland Martin Marina

Hollywood

Hollywood Beach

Family friendly, boardwalk, promenade

Anne Kolb Nature Center: Environmental boat tours

Fort Pierce

John U Lloyd Beach State Park

Beach, hiking, kayak creek with manatees

Manatee Observation Center
UDT-SEAL museum
Holphin Watch Boat tours
Heathcote Botanical Gardens

Bathtub Reef & Coral Cove Park, Vero Beach Reef

Indian river kayak & canoe, Vero beach

Space Coast

Canaveral National Seashore

Kayak with dolphins. Wild. Sea turtles. Undeveloped beaches. Pelicans
Apollo Beach family friendly
Klondike Beach
Playalinda Beach
Mosquito Lagoon

Ranger offered pontoon boat tours for $20/person from the visitor center on Fri, Sat, Sun. July turtle nesting tours.

Turtle Mound
Sea Turtle nesting tours in Jun & Jul

Kennedy Space Center
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

1500 species of rare plants & animals, migratory birds, wild
Kayak with manatees & dolphins
A day away Kayak tours
Mosquito Lagoon
Manatee observation deck on northern side of Haulover Canal
Black Point Wildlife Drive
Playalinda Beach

Cocoa Beach Pier

Surf

Cocoa village

Indian River Queen paddleboats
Grasshopper Airboat Eco tours to St Johns River shallows in Central Flordia Everglades

Titusville

Watch rocket launch

Melbourne

Brevard Zoo, Melbourne

Kayak with giraffes

Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science
Treetop Trek chutes & ladders

North-East

Jacksonville

Amelia Island

Crosses St Johns river via Broward Bridge (also called Dames Point Bridge & bowtie bridge)
Kayak Amelia
Fernandina Beach

Fort Clinch State Park: re-enact historical encounters

Amelia River Cruises & Charters: Family friendly sunset tour. $22. ameliarivercruises.com
Amelia Island state park

Talbot & Fort George Islands

Little Talbot Island state park
Big Talbot Island state park
Fort George Island Cultural State Park

Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Museum of Science & History
Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens
Adventure Landing games & water rides

St.Augustine: US' oldest city

Spanish cathedrals, forts, Henry Flagler's ornate resorts, ghost tours, pirate invasions, basilicas
Daytona beach

Museum of Art & Sciences
Washington Oaks Gardens State Park. Matanzas river, manatees.
Boardwalk

Cassadaga: Spiritualists, fortune tellers
Castillo de San marcos National Monument
Lightner Museum
Fort Matanzas National Monument
Florida Water tours boating: Osprey 45 foot pontton boat, dolphin, cruise
Ripple Effect ecotours: Kayak
Black Raven Pirate Ship, Municipal Marina. Tour of Matanzas river with pirate actors.
Spooky St Augustine Lighthouse: 219 steps. Night tour-ghosts.
Northern tip Anastasia State park
Marineland dolphin adventure: Matanzas River Estuary

Museum of Arts & Sciences
DeLand

De Leon Springs State Park

Orange city

Blue Spring State Park

Manatees. Boardwalk view of manatees.
Swim, snorkel, canoe, kayak, riverboat tour.
St Johns River cruises: tours 10 am & 1 pm: $278/18

Hontoon Island state park

Free ferry from Hontoon Landing
Observation tower

Fort White

Ichetucknee Springs State Park: Inner-tube clear slow moving water with manatees, otters & turtles at Fort White. Rent outside park from Tubes.
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park

Wet prairie, swamp, hammock, pine flatwoods. Alligator & sandhill cranes.

Gainesville

Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park: 236 steps to miniature rain forest at bottom of sinkhole. Wildlife.
Florida museum of natural history

Timucuan Ecological & Historic preserve

Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park
Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve

Ocala National Forest: Hiking, crystal springs

Silver Springs State Park

Glass bottom boat trips
World's largest artesian spring

Silver river state park

15 minute trail to swimming hole in a bend of the crystal-clear river

Farm Tours Ocala
Don Garlits Museums: Auto Drag racing, classic cars
Cactus Jack's Trail Rides
Alexander Springs Recreation Area: swim, kayak, canoe
Juniper Springs Recreation Area: swim, hike, difficult canoe
Salt Springs Recreation Area: Natural saltwater spring. Blue crabs come in summer.

Cumberland Island National Seashore

beaches, marshes, birds, animals
Sightseeing boats leave Fernandina
Ferry ride from St Marys: dolphins
Hikes, wild horses
Ice House museum near ferry dock

Gulf Coast

Sarasota

Myakka River state park

Canopy walkway in treetops.
Airboat rides.
water wilderness: Kayak among alligators

Siesta Key beaches

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Ringling Museum Complex
Sarasota Jungle Gardens

Sarasota Keys

Anna Maria Island
Mote Marine Laboratory
Sarasota Bay Explorers: boat cruises, marine safari, guided kayak tours

St.Petersburg

Fort DeSoto Park. Nature trail across 5 islands
Weeki Wachee: Mermaid show
Weedon Island Preserve
Dali museum

Tampa

Busch Gardens
Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park
Hillsborough River State Park: kayak, anoe. Biking.

Honeymoon & Caladesi Islands: Barrier islands

Caladesi Island Stte Park: pure white beach, sunset, kayak, birds, mangroves, dunes. Hourly ferry: $14. 20 min ride. 4 hour limit. Call ahead.
Honeymoon Island state park
Sail Honeymoon Inc: Rent kaya, paddleboards, sailboats

Bradenton

Beach
TreeUmph! Adventure Course, zipline

Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park:

Floating Underwater manatee observatory
paddle waterways with manatees

Clearwater beach
Venice Beach
Lido key
Longboat key
Florida aquarium
Sunken gardens

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Florida attractions

Traveling to South Bay suburbs from InterContinental San Francisco

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