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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You catch a glimpse of the former wild swamps south of Lake Okeechobee during a brief walk through the Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area. From the beginning to the end of this segment, the trail follows levees managed by the South Florida Water Management District, paralleling the canals. Shade is at a premium, usually found as a brief respite under a rare tree or in the shadow of a water control structure. Blazing is extremely sporadic. But the open nature of the hike allows you panoramic views of agriculture in action, especially the fascinating process of a sugar cane harvest. Expect to make good time on these easily traversed dikes. Camping is permitted anywhere along the route, but use common sense: use the dike as a shield between your tent and any nearby roads or buildings. Do not camp next to a sugar cane field in flower (stalks topped with tufts) because the flowering fields are burned on a rotating basis. Although water is available all along the route from the trailside canals, it can be of dubious quality thanks to agricultural runoff; filter before boiling.
