HIKING TRAILSIn 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. 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. |
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