Fresh Florida seafood is best enjoyed in an authentic Florida fish shack, ideally with an outdoor deck overlooking the water. Here are a few of our favorites.
Florida Roundups
Roundups of things to do across Florida, including best beaches, best tiki bars, best kayaking, best camping, best trails and best places to visit.
Best Florida camping: A few of our favorite campgrounds
Many of Florida’s best campgrounds are in our award-winning state parks.
Florida Rambler’s most popular stories of all time
Ten years ago, we launched a website about all the places we had discovered to enjoy in unique and fabulous natural Florida. FloridaRambler.com is all about you and places you can go, but for this occasion we want to share our origin story.
3 Southwest Florida kayak trails that aren’t famous but should be
Florida winters were meant for this: Discovering wild and scenic places by kayak. To help you plan fun Florida kayak trips, I’ve selected three of my favorite kayak destinations in Southwest Florida. These aren’t well-known but deserve to be.
Florida birding trail: Website helps you find places to explore & see wildlife
The Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail is a guide to 500+ places. It’s a great tool for discovery. I used it to find a colony of burrowing owls in an unlikely spot — a city park in the middle of overbuilt Broward County.
5 outstanding things to do outdoors in Florida
Five off-the-beaten-track things to do outdoors in the natural Florida in 2020, away from crowds. From rivers to bike trails to great places to camp. What’s on your bucket list?
7 phone apps for exploring Florida
Your smartphone has never had more tools available to explore Florida’s outdoors.
Discovering the real Florida: Four myths about Florida
Even people who live in Florida get it wrong. They think Florida is all shopping malls and theme parks; its beaches are all commercial and crowded; it’s flat, boring and lacks history. People say: Too bad I live in Florida, I love the outdoors and there’s no place to hike. All wrong.
Best outdoor guides for exploring Florida 2024
Exploring Florida sometimes requires more than just a sense of adventure and the time to travel. These guides are essential tools to help you find paddling and hiking trails, campgrounds and where to experience the authentic Florida.
Best campgrounds for overnight layovers when heading north
After crossing the state line, you likely have many miles to your RV’s winter haven. Take a breather and lay over a night or two in one of these scenic state parks along the I-95 and I-75 corridors.