A guide to 50 hikes and backpacking trips in the northern Florida peninsula, ranging from State Road 40 to the Georgia border and east of the panhandle. Acknowledgments 13(2) Introduction 15(18) I. Suwannee River Suwannee River State Park 33(10) Anderson Springs Loop 43(5) Swift Creek Conservation Area 48(6) Big Shoals 54(7) Fanning Springs State Park 61(5) Andrews Wildlife Management Area 66(7) Manatee Springs State Park 73(6) Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge 79(7) Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve 86(6) Atsena Otie Key 92(8) II. Central Highlands Big Gum Swamp Wilderness 100(5) Olustee Battlefield Historical State Park 105(5) Alligator Lake Recreation Area 110(5) O'Leno State Park 115(7) Ichetucknee Springs State Park 122(7) Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park 129(4) San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park 133(7) Morningside Nature Center 140(6) Gum Root Swamp Conservation Area 146(5) Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park 151(11) Goethe State Forest 162(12) III. Ocala National Forest Ravine Gardens State Park 174(5) St. Johns Loop 179(5) Salt Springs Loop Trail 184(5) Silver Glen Springs 189(5) The Yearling Trail 194(6) Juniper Run Nature Trail 200(4) Lake Eaton Trails 204(5) Silver River Connector Trail 209(5) Dunns Creek Conservation Area 214(4) Welaka State Forest 218(6) IV. Jacksonville Metro Ralph E. Simmons Memorial State Forest 224(7) Cary Nature Trail 231(5) Fort Clinch State Park 236(9) Talbot Islands 245(8) Fort George Island 253(7) Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve 260(7) Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park 267(5) Jennings State Forest 272(5) Black Creek Ravines Conservation Area 277(9) V. Atlantic Coast John P. Hall Sr. Nature Preserve 286(6) Stokes Landing Conservation Area 292(4) Guana River State Park 296(7) Anastasia State Park 303(6) Moses Creek Conservation Area 309(6) Princess Place Preserve 315(6) Washington Oaks Gardens State Park 321(7) Graham Swamp Conservation Area 328(4) Haw Creek Preserve 332(5) Bulow Creek Trail 337(8) Index 345