Hiking Trails - Titusville, Florida

HIKING TRAILS
In the Titusville Area

When you consider the lands managed by the U.S. Fish and Game Service (Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge), the National Park Service (Canaveral National Seashore), the St. Johns River Water Management District, the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands (EELS) program, and the Brevard County Parks and Recreation Department, The North Brevard County area around Titusville has one on the highest percentages of publicly owned land of anywhere in the State, offering a variety of hiking opportunities.
These trails showcase a variety of our local habitats, from salt marsh, maritime hammocks, mesic hammocks, pine flatlands, coastal strand, coastal scrub, Atlantic Coastal Ridge uplands, and freshwater marsh habitat, all of which provide opportunities to view much of our native flora and fauna. Some of these species are unique to these particular habitat and are found nowhere else.
This page is a quick reference table just below with links to two other pages. Page one details primarily dayhikes on Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, Canaveral National Seahore, and in several parks and refuges within Titusville. One exception is the Beach Camping available from the North end of Canaveral Seashore.
Page two details areas to the west of Titusville within the St John's River drainage basin. These are more challenging hikes, some of which offer primative camping, as well as off road bicycling and horseback riding.
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Photo by Dean Richard Pettit.

Location
Length
Camping
Difficulty
Habitat

Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge

Cruickshank Trail 4.5 mile loop Dayhike Easy, well drained Elevated Dike around Salt Marsh

Oak Hammock Trail 1/2 mile loop Dayhike sometimes
wet Hammock

Palm Hammock Trail 3 mile loop Dayhike Sometimes
wet Hammock, wetlands

Scrub Ridge Trail 1 mile loop Dayhike well drained mostly Upland scrub habitat

Visitors Center Trail 1/4 mile Dayhike wheelchair accessable boardwalk Pond, oak hammock, marsh overlook

Canaveral National Seashore

Playalinda Beach
South District, Titusville 24 miles of undeveloped beach to the north Dayhike deep beach sand Seashore

Apollo Beach
North District, New Smyrna Beach 24 miles of undeveloped beach to the south Beach camping by permit deep beach sand Seashore

Turtle Mound Trail
North District, New Smyrna Beach .3 mile interpretive trail Dayhike Dirt Tumicaun Indian Exibit

Castle Windy Trail
North District, New Smyrna Beach 1 mile round trip from ocean to lagoon Dayhike soft sand Coastal Hammock, Indian Midden, lagoon

The Eldora Trail To Historic House Dayhike Packed sand Coastal Hammock, Lagoon, Historic Eldora State House

Eldora Hammock Trail
North District, New Smyrna Beach 1 mile of interpretive Coastal Hammock Trail Dayhike Soft sand Coastal Hammock

Enchanted Forest Preserve About 5 miles Dayhike Well maintained Some sand ridge, some hammock

Wuesthoff Park Short easy hike Dayhike fairly easy Wetlands, hammock, and sand pine

North Brevard Walking Trail Short easy hike Dayhike fairly easy Pine scrublands

Buck Lake Conservation Area 10-15 miles of trails Primative camping
Biking, Horseback Some trails high and dry, some can be wet during certain times. Scrub, marsh, hammock

Seminole Ranch Conservation Area 35 miles of trails Primative camping
Biking, Horseback Some trails high and dry, some can be wet during certain times. Wooded hammock, grass marsh

Canaveral Marshes Conservation Area 10 miles of trails Dayhike
Biking, Horseback White trail elevated. Side trails have some deep sand and seasonally wet sections Hammock, Marsh habitat

Tosohatchee State Preserve 30 miles of trails Primative camping
Biking, Horseback Some trails pretty dry, while others can get pretty wet. Pine flatwoods, Cyprus stand, marsh, hammock.

Hi, feel free to email any questions you may have concerning hiking trails, or any other outdoor subject in the Titusville area,
Thank you,
EMAIL; Dean Richard Pettit
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Location	Length	Camping	Difficulty	Habitat
Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge
Cruickshank Trail	4.5 mile loop	Dayhike	Easy, well drained	Elevated Dike around Salt Marsh
Oak Hammock Trail	1/2 mile loop	Dayhike	sometimes wet	Hammock
Palm Hammock Trail	3 mile loop	Dayhike	Sometimes wet	Hammock, wetlands
Scrub Ridge Trail	1 mile loop	Dayhike	well drained mostly	Upland scrub habitat
Visitors Center Trail	1/4 mile	Dayhike	wheelchair accessable boardwalk	Pond, oak hammock, marsh overlook
Canaveral National Seashore
Playalinda Beach South District, Titusville	24 miles of undeveloped beach to the north	Dayhike	deep beach sand	Seashore
Apollo Beach North District, New Smyrna Beach	24 miles of undeveloped beach to the south	Beach camping by permit	deep beach sand	Seashore
Turtle Mound Trail North District, New Smyrna Beach	.3 mile interpretive trail	Dayhike	Dirt	Tumicaun Indian Exibit
Castle Windy Trail North District, New Smyrna Beach	1 mile round trip from ocean to lagoon	Dayhike	soft sand	Coastal Hammock, Indian Midden, lagoon
The Eldora Trail	To Historic House	Dayhike	Packed sand	Coastal Hammock, Lagoon, Historic Eldora State House
Eldora Hammock Trail North District, New Smyrna Beach	1 mile of interpretive Coastal Hammock Trail	Dayhike	Soft sand	Coastal Hammock
Enchanted Forest Preserve	About 5 miles	Dayhike	Well maintained	Some sand ridge, some hammock
Wuesthoff Park	Short easy hike	Dayhike	fairly easy	Wetlands, hammock, and sand pine
North Brevard Walking Trail	Short easy hike	Dayhike	fairly easy	Pine scrublands
Buck Lake Conservation Area	10-15 miles of trails	Primative camping Biking, Horseback	Some trails high and dry, some can be wet during certain times.	Scrub, marsh, hammock
Seminole Ranch Conservation Area	35 miles of trails	Primative camping Biking, Horseback	Some trails high and dry, some can be wet during certain times.	Wooded hammock, grass marsh
Canaveral Marshes Conservation Area	10 miles of trails	Dayhike Biking, Horseback	White trail elevated. Side trails have some deep sand and seasonally wet sections	Hammock, Marsh habitat
Tosohatchee State Preserve	30 miles of trails	Primative camping Biking, Horseback	Some trails pretty dry, while others can get pretty wet.	Pine flatwoods, Cyprus stand, marsh, hammock.