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Florida's Fabulous Canoe and Kayak Trail Guide (Florida's Fabulous Nature)
Manufacturer: World Publications (CA) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0911977252 |
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For anyone in-state or planning a visit to Florida in the near future, check out this awesome new book . Fantastic color photos, detailed maps, launch sites and directions to many of the best kayaking, canoeing , camping and fishing trails throughout the state. It covers both salt and fresh water areas throughout the entire stateCustomer Reviews:
Truly Fabulous.......2007-01-19
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A Hiking Guide to the Trails of Florida
Elizabeth F. Carter Manufacturer: Menasha Ridge Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0897321960 |
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A Hiking Guide to the Trails of Florida is a comprehensive guide to natural Florida, a book that will help the novice and experienced hiker alike enjoy all the state has to offer. This book concentrates on trails that are at least three miles long, including public sections of the Florida National Scenic Trail. Florida is still over twelve percent wilderness with over eight million acres of state and federal lands. Many endangered and ecologically significant areas in the state are maintained, protected, and offer public access. A Hiking Guide contains information on where trails are located, how to go about hiking them, and what the hiker may expect to see along the way. Revised maps indicate trail access points, while the text describes the flora, fauna, and geology, as well as hiking difficulty and distances. A Hiking Guide to the Trails of Florida opens new vistas, guiding the hiker to extensive opportunities for discovery in this unique and beautiful state.
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50 Hikes in South Florida: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacking Trips in the Southern Florida Peninsula, First Edition
Sandra Friend Manufacturer: Countryman Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0881505315 |
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This new hiking guide to the region of Florida south of FL 60 includes hikes along the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Coast, and in Big Cypress Swamp, the Everglades, and the Florida Keys.In the entire continental United States, only South Florida can lay claim to truly tropical habitats with native tropical plants. Rare ghost orchids grow in the humid depths of the Big Cypress, a region of vast prairies, haunting cypress strands, and deep sloughs filled with alligator flag. From its traditional start at Lake Okeechobee, the world's only Everglades sweep southward. North of Lake Okeechobee lie the remnants of ancient sand dunes forming high and dry scrub habitats, while along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastlines the freshwater marshes of the interior meet the mangrove swamps of the barrier islands. In the Florida Keys, jungles of Caribbean plants top fossilized coral reefs surrounded by still aquamarine waters.
This new guide to this fascinating region contains a mix of easy nature trails, beach walks, and short interpretive boardwalks, as well as challenging day hikes and backpacking trips. The hikes range in length from 1 to 20 miles; each hike description includes mile-by-mile directions, a topographic map, and information on hiking time, mileage, and trail conditions. Features 50 spectacular black & white photographs by Clyde Butcher.
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Very good trail book.......2004-02-21
Sandra is a real hiker with a great eye for detail. She also works with the Florida Trail Association and highlights several FT trails in each of her FL hiking books. She seems to have hiked every trail in Florida. This book contains a good sample of all types of hikes / backpacking trails from short nature trails to the 30+ miles in Myakka River State Park. I use these books as a good way to find new trails.
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The Florida Trail: The Official Hiking Guide
Sandra Friend Manufacturer: Westcliffe Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1565794923 |
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The best.......2006-12-26
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Ten Million Steps: Nimblewill Nomad's Epic 10-Month Trek from the Florida Keys to Quebec
M. J. Eberhart Manufacturer: Menasha Ridge Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0897329791 |
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Great read-10 stars.......2007-06-21
Wow!.......2007-05-26
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50 Hikes in Central Florida: Hikes, Walks, and Backpacks in the Heart of the Peninsula
Sandra Friend Manufacturer: Countryman Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0881505234 |
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A hiking guide to one of the most beautiful and diverse ecosystems in the country.What Florida's landscape lacks in topography, it makes up for in diversity, ranging from temperate Appalachian-style forests to tangled tropical jungles. Here hikers enjoy a broad range of habitats and wildlife that only Hawaii and California surpass. Trails pass through desert-like scrub islands, jungle-like hydric hammocks, and deep, dark bayous where giant cypress trees rise out of inky water. Footpaths range through salt marshes, river floodplains, and along coastal dunes and beaches with sparkling white sand. Florida has the world's only Everglades, and the delightful landforms of karstdisappearing lakes and streams, yawning sinkholes lush with ferns, and the world's largest concentration of first-magnitude springs. More than 1,200 contiguous miles of the Florida National Scenic Trail stretch from the beaches of Pensacola, at the western edge of the Panhandle, to the Big Cypress Swamp in the Everglades.
The hikes in this new guide to the heart of the peninsula range in length from 1 mile to 43.3 miles. Each hike description includes a topographic map, mile-by-mile directions, and information on distance, difficulty, time, and terrain. 40 black & white photographs, 51 maps, index.
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"50 Hikes in Central Florida".......2003-01-10
Great Hiking Guide!.......2002-12-17
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The Hiking Trails of Florida's National Forests, Parks, and Preserves
Johnny Molloy , and Sandra Friend Manufacturer: University Press of Florida ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0813030625 |
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"Not only does Molloy give clear, evocative descriptions of each trail, he provides distances, hazards, the best season to make the hike, and where to get maps. . . . This book should be in every hiker's backpack."--Outdoor Adventure"This detailed guidebook is interesting even if you never plan to hike. It tells all sorts of interesting historical tidbits about Key Biscayne, the Everglades, Ocala National Forest and other places."--Tampa Tribune
"A comprehensive presentation of the hiking trails on [Florida's] federal lands."--Kent L. Wimmer, Florida National Scenic Trail Liaison
"A well-written guide to Florida's wild places [and] to the real side of Florida. . . . It would make any outdoor enthusiast want to get out and hike."--Joan Hobson, vice president of trail maintenance, Florida Trail Association
For Florida hikers, vacationers, outdoor enthusiasts, and wildlife watchers who want to plan and execute their own adventures, this second edition of the popular guidebook will be indispensable. Molloy and Friend explore the trails of Florida to provide readers with an easy-to-use, accurate, and thorough guide to hiking in more than 2 million acres of federally owned wilderness. These areas contain some of the Sunshine State's most spectacular scenery--from pristine beaches and emerald oceans to towering pine forests and sparkling spring-fed lakes.
Illustrated with photographs by the authors, this guide describes every marked and maintained trail in Florida's national forests, parks, and preserves. Each description contains a profile of the path, detailing and rating its condition, length, and difficulty and describing the highlights and hazards of the trail. Profiles also give trailhead directions, trail connections, and hiking season information, followed by a running narrative describing what hikers can expect to see and experience on the trails. This updated edition covers large and small changes in the trails since 2000, most notably the new western corridor of the Florida Trail through Ocala National Forest and the storm-driven changes to the same trail at Gulf Island National Seashore and in Everglades National Park. Also included is a new section on Canaveral National Seashore.
The book also features vignettes of natural and human history along the trails. Many of the areas border sinkholes and other geologic formations, wind through fascinating ecosystems such as the Everglades, and pass by historic sites such as old roadways, mail routes, battlefields, and military forts, and Molloy and Friend highlight these throughout the book in fascinating anecdotes. They also provide information on what to wear and bring on hiking expeditions to maximize safety and comfort along the great hiking trails of Florida's protected lands.
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The Hiking Trails of Florida's National Forests, Parks, and Preserves.......2007-08-09
Great Guide.......2002-03-22
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Hiking Florida
M.Timothy O'Keefe Manufacturer: Falcon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1560448768 |
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50 Hikes in North Florida: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacking Trips in the Northern Florida Peninsula
Sandra Friend Manufacturer: Countryman Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0881505307 |
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A guide to 50 hikes and backpacking trips in the northern Florida peninsula, ranging from State Road 40 to the Georgia border and east of the panhandle.With numerous state parks and expansive state and national forests, North Florida provides the hiker with an extensive array of natural communities to explore. Forests of longleaf and slash pine flatwoods, coastal hammocks, desert scrub, and floodplain forests create welcoming habitats for vanishing species. The region's geology offers physical challenges for the hiker as welldeep ravines, rough riverside trails along steep bluffs, and giant sinkholes. Hiking in North Florida means the opportunity to camp along the state's broadest rivers, to clamber in and out of ravines and up and over relict dunes, to walk to the edge of sweeping vistas across prairies and salt marshes, to hike along vast lakes and bubbling springs.
The hikes described in this all-new guide range in length from 1 to 22 miles. Each hike description includes a topographic map, mile-by-mile directions, and information on distance, difficulty, terrain, and hiking time. An overview chart makes it easy to pick a hike for every ability. 50 black & white photographs , 58 maps, index.
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Hiking Florida, 3rd: A Guide to Florida's Greatest Hiking Adventures (State Hiking Series)
M.Timothy O'Keefe Manufacturer: Falcon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0762735708 |
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