Office of Greenways and Trails

Celebrate National Park and Recreation Month!

National Park and Recreation Month is dedicated to celebrating our public lands and resources while encouraging communities to come together and enjoy time outside.

From the rustic pine forests and rivers of North Florida, to refreshing natural springs and white-sand beaches, all the way down to the tropical paradise of the Florida Keys, the state's naturally diverse landscape is an outdoor playground for all ages. Join us in celebrating the transformative power of parks and recreation! Whether you enjoy hiking, swimming, snorkeling or paddling, Florida’s state parks and trails offer family-friendly outdoor fun for everyone.

Use the Online Trail Guide compiled by DEP's Office of Greenways and Trails to locate trails near you. This guide features paved and unpaved trails for hiking, biking, equestrian use, multiple-use and paddling.

FORI: The Florida Outdoor Recreation Inventory

The Florida Outdoor Recreation Inventory (FORI) serves as the official catalog of Florida’s diverse outdoor recreation resources. It provides a detailed look at the facilities available across state parks, recreation areas and protected open spaces.

Recreation Managers and Stakeholders:

Click here to search the inventory, add and export data, calculate resource and facility totals, or update your site’s information.

Inverness TRAIL TOWN SPOTLIGHT

Florida Trail Town Spotlight: Inverness

Inverness, conveniently located along the 46-mile Withlacoochee State Trail, a converted railway corridor, has embraced bicycle tourism as a major economic driver.

Featuring excellent signage, abundant amenities, numerous events and safe bicycle and pedestrian passages, Inverness is creating a highly visual trail gateway right into the heart of downtown, complete with beautiful murals from local artists. The town also hosts many iconic events, such as the Inverness Country Jam (formerly known as the Great American Cooter Fest). This lively community is ready to welcome you!

Want to see everything this amazing Trail Town has to offer? Click here to open our interactive StoryMap and get a digital tour.

Share Local Events with Us

Does your local community have upcoming events? Share your upcoming regional and statewide conferences, summits and non-motorized trail events with us, and we will post them on our Community Trails calendar.

Free Resources

Request the Outdoor Recreation Activity Book for children by emailing: OfficeofGreenwaysandTrails@FloridaDEP.Gov. The digital version may be downloaded by clicking here and the answer key is located on the back cover.

Save the Date: August 12 at 10 am

Join us for a fun and informative session with Dr. Evangeline Linkous from the University of South Florida.

Dr. Linkous specializes in how communities use legal and financial tools to manage land as they grow and change, and she brings real‑world experience from her research and public service work across Florida. She’s a Fulbright Scholar, an award‑winning educator and an all‑around great communicator. This is a perfect chance to learn from someone who makes complex planning topics feel approachable and engaging. 

Click here to learn more and sign up for Outdoor Florida Webinar. 

Florida Coast-to-Coast Trail Story Map Guide

The Florida Coast-to-Coast Trail (C2C) was conceived as an ambitious effort to create a continuous paved multi-use trail across the state of Florida from the Gulf of America to the Atlantic Ocean, the first state trail of its kind in the United States. It will span approximately 250 miles and is currently 88 percent complete. The trail will link communities between St. Petersburg and Titusville along its entire length, allowing residents and visitors to explore Central Florida by bicycle or foot. The trail is linking all or part of several existing multi-use trails and will be managed by a broad range of communities and agencies. The Coast-to-Coast Trail Alliance is coordinated by OGT. For more information, visit OGT's C2C Alliance webpage.

The Coast-to-Coast Story Map Guide is the culmination of efforts to create a practical, adaptable, accessible mode for communicating information about the trail including wayfinding, alternate routes for large gaps, amenities and local information.

Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail Mapping Update

The initial scouting and mapping of the 1,515-mile Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail (CT) was completed in 2007, but periodic updates are needed for a trail of this length and magnitude. For our latest map upgrade, we changed the appearance and scope of the 26 segment maps to make them clearer and more informative. For more information, visit OGT's CT segments webpage. We have also created a CT Story Map and a Suwannee River Wilderness State Trail Story Map.

Outdoor Florida Webinar Series

For more information, visit the Outdoor Florida Webinar Series webpage.

Trail Safety Video

With our sunny skies and active lifestyles, Florida’s residents and visitors enjoy exploring our numerous miles of trails. Trail safety is important, particularly where trails and roadways cross. We all need to do our part to protect one another and prevent accidents. Whether as a motorist or trail user, we have a shared responsibility to:

Look and listen.
Obey signs and markings.
Take responsibility for our own safety.

The Florida Department of Transportation and the DEP's Division of Recreation and Parks joined together to put the spotlight on this important topic by developing a Trail Safety Video.

Feel free to share or download the video along with the extra information found below ... and remember to Always Put Safety First.

More Trail Safety Information
Trail Safety Poster
Trail Safety at Crossings

For even more information on trail safety, please visit our Assistance and Resources webpage.

For more information on requesting a speaker, visit the Contact Us webpage.

Do you enjoy hiking, biking, paddling or horseback riding? OGT, within the Division of Recreation and Parks, provides statewide leadership and coordination to establish, expand and promote non-motorized trails that make up the Florida Greenways and Trails System, pursuant to the Florida Greenways and Trails Act (Chapter 260, Florida Statutes). More can be found in the OGT office overview and historical timeline.

"Florida's Growing Trail System" article in the March/April 2019 issue of Quality Cities Magazine provides an overview of Florida's trail system and Trail Town program.

To be included in OGT's online calendar, send regional and state event announcements to OGT's inbox.

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