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Check out our chapter websites and Meetup groups for activities in your area. Visit the Chapters page, scroll down to the bottom and look for your county. Click on the chapter for a county to go to its web page. Florida Trail Association activities include day hikes, backpacking trips, canoeing and kayaking, bicycling, picnics, and campouts. Day hikes may focus on birding, plant identification, geocaching or historic sites. Most activities are held locally, but some chapters travel to other parts of the state or out of state for extended trips. However you like to enjoy the great outdoors, there's a Florida Trail activity for you!


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FT Chipola

Length: 28.4 miles (linear)

Currently, this is a connecting road walk until such time as a Florida Trail segment can be developed in the area.

Overview

Blountstown Courthouse (Robert Coveney) Calhoun County was created by an act of the Florida Legislative Council on January 26, 1838. It was formed from portions of Franklin, Jackson, and Washington Counties. Blountstown is the county seat, and in 1880 a courthouse was built near the Apalachicola River. In 1903, a new courthouse was built in the town proper and has now been restored and listed as an historic landmark.

Blountstown was named for John Blount, a Seminole Indian Chief from this area. It is bordered on the east by the Apalachicola River. The Chipola River also bisects the county. With the abundance of water, water activities naturally became a way of life instead of a pastime. One hour east is the State Capital, Tallahassee, and one hour south or southwest are the famous white beaches of Bay and Gulf counties.

Over two million gallons of water cycle through the Apalachicola River each day. It is a very delicate river system as it meanders from states north of Florida to the Apalachicola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The Bay serves as a breeding ground for marine fish and provides 10% of the nation's oysters.

Map

08 Chipola The western terminus is at the junction of CR 274 and CR 73 at Sheltons Corner. The eastern end is on SR 12 ten miles south of Bristol where the trail enters the Apalchicola National Forest.

Disclaimer: While FTA strives to maintain accurate information and is constantly updating its geodatabase, the trail and development along the trail corridor is constantly changing. The data has been collected from a variety of sources and accuracy varies. FTA provides this data for recreational purposes only and does not intend the data as a survey.

Centerline data Florida Trail System (c) 2007 Florida Trail Association, Inc.