DIFFICUTY: EASY – PACE: MODERATE/FAST
**MY FAVORITE FLORIDA HIKE!!**
This will be a 6 mile in/6 mile out hike on my favorite Florida trail! You will discover a natural cathedral of ancient oaks and palms along a thin ribbon of public land fronting the Kissimmee River floodplain. You will gape in awe at the sheer size of the live oak trees that make up the ancient forests along this segment of the FLORIDA TRAIL. We are starting the hike at 9 AM to give people time to drive to this very fun hike! PLEASE, IF YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE HIKING 12 MILES, DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS HIKE….IT SIMPLY ISN’T FAIR TO THE OTHERS.
Be prepared for a little water at the start of this hike, but once away from the trailhead, there should be a wide dry path. i will be scouting the hike the week before and will post an honest update of the trail conditions.
Be sure to put STARVATION SLOUGH CAMPSITE into your GOOGLE MAPS…..if you only enter Starvation Slough it will take you somewhere else. At the very end, GPS will try to take you straight through a fence to a dirt road for another half mile, but at that point if you look to your left you will see another dirt road with a recreation sign for STARVATION SLOUGH. Turn left there and follow to the parking area next to picnic tables/pavilion.
You must bring 2 liters of water (appox four 16oz bottles), a snack or lunch, and a hat. You will not be allowed to hike if you don’t bring enough water!!
There is usually a port-o-potty at the trailhead.
PLEASE TRY TO ARRIVE BY 8:45 AT THE LATEST……we will hike promptly at 9:00 AM!!!
TOM ROWLANDS – 518-368-7515
