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Key Biscayne’s Crandon Park Beach is postcard-perfect
Crandon Beach Park is the Miami that you see in magazine ads, tourism brochures and movies. Relax on the picture-perfect beach, picnic under the canopy of live oaks, visit the gardens and ride an antique carousel.
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Ten Thousand Islands: Ride the tide through Indian Key Pass
EVERGLADES CITY — Whitewater paddling in the Everglades? Well, almost. The tides move in and out of the Ten Thousand Islands so quickly, the water rushes and ripples through the passes, so you need to catch the current going in the right direction if you want to make headway.
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Kayaking Imperial River + strolling Barefoot Beach = Great outing
Here’s the recipe for a great day: a kayaking trip plus a walk on one of the best beaches in America, both in Bonita Springs, both out-of-the-way spots worth discovering.
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Nostalgic images from Old Florida holidays, thanks to a master photographer
It’s hard to imagine the world then – Florida before Disney; life before the Internet. But the photos of a Sarasota photographer, Joseph Janney Steinmetz, can help transport you.
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Saving the Old Seven Mile Bridge: $77 million plan is restoring historic bridge
Few places capture Florida history and natural beauty like the Old Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. It is good news then that a plan was approved to fund a restoration project to save Florida’s beloved Old Seven.
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Gainesville-Hawthorne: One of state’s best bike trails
Load your bikes on your carrier and head north to Old Florida. Along this bike trail, you can stop and hike a bit and maybe even see gators, wild horses or even bison in Paynes Prairie. This pretty paved trail also lets you use your gears on a hill or two.
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Paynes Prairie: Bison and wild horses? Yup, in Florida
This Gainesville area state park is a vast playground for hikers and bikers, but also for bison, wild horses and, sometimes, thousands of sandhill cranes.
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Favorite campgrounds around the state
We thought it would be fun to share a few of our favorite campgrounds — and most of the best campgrounds are in Florida’s award-winning state park system.
