Fort Fraser Trail
Lakeland 7.7 milesParalleling US 98 between Bartow and Lakeland, the Fort Fraser Trail is along an urban greenway with connectivity to Circle B Bar Reserve.
Fort Meade Recreation Area
Fort Meade 1.0 milesAnchoring two linear trails along the Peace River, this wayside park off US 98 in Fort Meade has been a destination for river access for decades.
Hardee Lakes County Park
Bowling Green 1.2 milesA collection of former phosphate pits adjoining the floodplain of Paynes Creek provide anglers and campers with a destination west of the Peace River basin.
Lakeland Highlands Scrub
Lakeland 2.8 milesOn more than 3 miles of trails, Lakeland Highlands Scrub offers a close-up look at the Lakeland Ridge, an ancient island when Florida was beneath the seas: parts of this 551-acre preserve are at 230 feet elevation.
Mosaic Peace River Park
Fort Meade milesOn the site of a former phosphate mine, worn footpaths top a windswept hilltop above the cypress swamps of the Peace River where a once-fabulous boardwalk to the river is in disrepair.
Paynes Creek Historic State Park
Straddling the former treaty boundary of Seminole lands, this interpretive site along the Peace River features a network of trails tied together by a swinging footbridge.
Paynes Creek Peace River Trail
Bowling Green 1.0 milesDiscover a scenic shoreline along the Peace River where Paynes Creek empties into the winding, narrow river's tannic flow.
Peace River
Rising from marshes in the Green Swamp basin in Lakeland, the Peace River winds through fossil-rich Bone Valley west of the Lake Wales Ridge, reaching the Gulf of Mexico at Charlotte Harbor.
Peace River Hammock
Fort Meade 1.3 milesWalk softly through the immersive Peace River floodplain beneath enormous trees to a scenic bluff along the river where paddlers can come ashore.
Peace River Park Greenway
Fort Meade 2.5 milesWith river views near its ends, a graded 2.5 mile linear path in Fort Meade follows a slender strip of public land parallel to the east shore of the Peace River.