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A person in a life vest fighting a fish from a fully rigged fishing kayak
Blog

Florida Kayak Fishing 101 — Rigging, Safety, and Where to Start

A tent glowing at night at a backcountry campsite
Gear Reviews

Black Diamond Spot 400 Review — The Do-Everything Florida Headlamp

A Florida cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti) in natural habitat
Blog

Florida Snake Safety — How to Tell the 6 Venomous Species from the 38 That Won't Hurt You

Long-exposure photograph of Mosquito Bay (Bioluminescent Bay) in Vieques showing vivid blue-green glowing water at night
Blog

Florida Night Paddling — Safety, Bioluminescence, and What to Expect

Multiple sea kayaks pulled up on a beach shoreline with tents set up at a multi-day paddling expedition camp
Blog

Multi-Day Kayak Camping in Florida — Routes, Gear, and Permits

Sunlight streaming through a sinkhole opening into the underground spring at Devil's Den, Florida
Hidden Spots

Devil's Den — Diving a Prehistoric Submerged Cave That Sits in a Pasture

A boardwalk through the pristine cypress swamp of Fakahatchee Strand
Blog

Leave No Trace, Florida Edition — The 7 Principles, Adapted for Springs, Sand, and Swamp

Open Atlantic bay scallop showing the row of bright blue eyes along the mantle of the shell
Outdoor Sports

Apalachee Bay Scallop Season — Snorkel-Grab Florida's Best Summer Seafood From Your Own Boat

02 Hidden Florida

From the back country

High bluff view over the Apalachicola River at Torreya State Park
Hidden Spots

Torreya State Park — Florida's Grand Canyon, Real Hills, and a Tree That's Nearly Extinct

Steep bluffs 150 feet above the Apalachicola River, ravines that feel like the Appalachians, and one of the rarest conifers on earth. Torreya is the closest Florida gets to a real mountain hike — and almost nobody's on it.
Clear spring-fed Chassahowitzka River seen from a paddler's view
Hidden Spots

Chassahowitzka River — The Spring-Fed Nature Coast Run Where You Paddle Into a Fissure Called The Crack
Sunlight streaming through a sinkhole opening into the underground spring at Devil's Den, Florida
Hidden Spots

Devil's Den — Diving a Prehistoric Submerged Cave That Sits in a Pasture
Undeveloped shoreline at Caspersen Beach in Venice at golden hour
Hidden Spots

Caspersen Beach — Sifting Fossil Shark Teeth on Venice's Wild Dark Sand
03 Wildlife

Eye level with the locals

A pair of Osceola wild turkeys in Florida
Wildlife

The Osceola Wild Turkey — Florida's Own Turkey, Found Nowhere Else on Earth

The Osceola wild turkey lives only in peninsular Florida — a darker, leggier subspecies of the swamps and palmetto flats. In spring the toms gobble at dawn and strut with fanned tails. Here's where to find one, and how to watch without busting the flock.
Reddish egret with wings spread shading the shallow water while hunting fish
Wildlife

Reddish Egret — Merritt Island NWR's Dancing Fisher
A bull shark swimming at depth over a reef, viewed from below against blue water
Wildlife

Bull Sharks in Florida Rivers — The Ocean Predator That Swims Upstream
An osprey clutching a freshly caught fish at Smyrna Dunes Park on the Florida coast
Wildlife

The Osprey — Florida's Fish Hawk, and Where to Find Their Nests
04 Sports

Out there moving

Open water on the Tomoka River inside Tomoka State Park
Outdoor Sports

Paddling the Tomoka River — A Calm, Moss-Hung Estuary Where a Timucua Village Once Stood

Launch from Tomoka State Park and paddle a calm tidal river under live oaks dripping Spanish moss, where manatees winter in and a 400-year-old Timucua village once sat. Beginner-friendly flatwater — if you respect the tide and skip the windy afternoons.
Open Atlantic bay scallop showing the row of bright blue eyes along the mantle of the shell
Outdoor Sports

Apalachee Bay Scallop Season — Snorkel-Grab Florida's Best Summer Seafood From Your Own Boat
Sand and limestone off-road trail at Santos on the Cross Florida Greenway
Outdoor Sports

Santos MTB, Ocala — 80+ Miles of Singletrack and the Limestone Quarry That Proves Florida Isn't Flat
Anglin's Fishing Pier at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea beside the shore snorkel reef
Outdoor Sports

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea — The Only Walk-In Reef in Broward County
05 Blog

From the field

A person in a life vest fighting a fish from a fully rigged fishing kayak
Blog

Florida Kayak Fishing 101 — Rigging, Safety, and Where to Start

A kayak draws a few inches of water and drifts up on tailing redfish without a sound. Here's the boat, the rig, the rules, and the honest reasons the wind will humble you — a no-BS starter guide to kayak fishing in Florida.
A Florida cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti) in natural habitat
Blog

Florida Snake Safety — How to Tell the 6 Venomous Species from the 38 That Won't Hurt You
Long-exposure photograph of Mosquito Bay (Bioluminescent Bay) in Vieques showing vivid blue-green glowing water at night
Blog

Florida Night Paddling — Safety, Bioluminescence, and What to Expect
Multiple sea kayaks pulled up on a beach shoreline with tents set up at a multi-day paddling expedition camp
Blog

Multi-Day Kayak Camping in Florida — Routes, Gear, and Permits

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