Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

This location is a beautiful haven characterized by its native natural surroundings. It offers numerous fishing spots, making it an ideal choice for fishing enthusiasts. Additionally, visitors can enjoy various trails for hiking and exploring the area's scenic beauty.

Its really cool area. But unfortauntley if you dont have a truck or something similer. You wont be able to down the gravel road into the actual park. There are huge crater and holes in the gravel road so i couldnt get to the trails lol. Id give it 5 stars if they fix the road..

This is a great park to cruise through til the road ends. You can get out and take a hike down the road, or there are a couple of short hikes deeper into the park. The SUPER BIG DRAWBACK are the mosquitoes. Bug spray helps but they will find any piece of flesh not sprayed. I suggest spray and head nets like the rangers wear there. Also big big grasshoppers on the road in.

This park has beautiful views and a very easy, short hike on a boardwalk with a flat trail along the water. Educational signs were posted in multiple places at the shelter and along the boardwalk. There were also well-maintained public restrooms.

A lot of wilderness. 6 mile drive down a dirt road to get to the foot trail where we came within 6 ‘ of a 10-12 foot long 🐊 on the path! No way were we walking past that thing!

We drove the 6 miles to hike the East Main Tram Trail. The road is rough, we did less than 10 mph so it took almost an hour to get out there. The hike is 2 miles to the cabin (private property), but a nice hike. At the cabin the trail splits, to the left there were a ton of big alligators sun bathing which was cool to see.

Absolutely loved this preserve. It's Old Florida and unspoiled. We had 3 deer pass in front of us on the drive and enjoyed seeing several alligators, a red tail hawk, black snake, and a vulture extremely close up. While this spot is pet friendly, we will hike next time without the dog. He was convinced the deer were dogs and while his barking didn't spook them, we will leave him at home next time we visit.

Such a beautiful park. I always heard about it and I’m not sure why I took so long to visit. I went in September so it was very lush and green. I saw a few deer, wild turkeys, rabbits and gators. I was hoping to see bears and Florida panthers but I guess I wasn’t lucky. I plan to visit again during the dry season. I highly recommend biking or walking the trails at the end of the 7 mile drive. Raw, pure Florida at its best.