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One hiking trail in Fakahatchee Strand takes you to this spot -- the boardwalk next to the "Fakahatchee Hilton." (Photo: Bonnie Gross)

Bike & Hike, Everglades, Kayak & Canoe, Southwest Florida

Fakahatchee Strand: Big, wild and great for Everglades hiking and kayaking

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park — the biggest state park in Florida — is a vast, wild place near Everglades City. Year after year, we drove right past, but there are three great reasons to spend time here. We’re glad we did.

Bike & Hike, Birding, Southwest Florida

Corkscrew Swamp in Naples: Explore via beautiful boardwalk

by Bonnie Gross

The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, an Audubon Society preserve, takes you on a hike via boardwalk with good wildlife viewing and exquisite scenery.

Manatee at Imperial River Bonita Springs

Kayak & Canoe, Southwest Florida

Imperial River: Nice kayak trail through old Bonita Springs

by Bonnie Gross

The kayak trail through old Bonita Springs on the Imperial River is worth discovering for its scenery. If you’re lucky, you may see manatees.

Beaches, Southwest Florida

Outdoor things to do in Naples, Florida: Nature, beaches, boating

by Bonnie Gross

Naples is a wealthy enclave with lush, tropical neighborhoods and lots of natural beauty close and accessible. Here’s a guide to things to do outdoors in Naples and surrounding areas.

Festivals, Unique eats

Florida’s fall seafood festivals

by Bob Rountree

Florida’s seafood festival season kicks off in Florida’s Panhandle.

Festivals, Southwest Florida

Naples fest Oct. 26-28 kicks off stone crab season

by Bob Rountree

This Gulf Coast community’s annual Stone Crab Festival marks the beginning of Florida’s stone crab season while showing off the city’s historic center and bayfront attractions. Let’s get crackin’.

Beaches, Southwest Florida

Barefoot Beach, ‘second best beach in America,’ is wild & wonderful

by Bonnie Gross

This beach occupies one of the last undeveloped barrier islands on Florida’s southwest coast, and its a place for finding shells, sand dollars, gopher tortoises and, best of all, unadorned natural beauty.

Florida's dramatic sky at Tigertail Beach in Marco Island. (Photo: Bonnie Gross)

Beaches, Bike & Hike, Everglades, Funky, Kayak & Canoe, Southwest Florida, Unique eats

Off-the-beaten path in Marco Island: Go beyond your hotel pool

by Bonnie Gross

The beach town of Marco Island is all manicured and modern, but here are four adventures into the wild and authentic Florida that are within a quick drive. You can wade across a lagoon to a wild beach or have lunch in a funky fishing town or stroll on a boardwalk into a beautiful old growth cypress swamp.