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Aucilla River flowing under a low bridge in Jefferson County, Florida, dark cypress-stained water bordered by hardwood forest
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Florida Trail — Aucilla Sinks Section: Hiking the River That Keeps Disappearing

Four miles of Florida National Scenic Trail through Jefferson County where the Aucilla River dives into limestone, runs underground, surfaces in a gin-clear sink pool, and vanishes again — thirty-plus times. The strangest single-day hike east of the Mississippi, and most of the year you'll have it to yourself.
Long-distance hiker on a sandy trail through open pine forest with afternoon sun and a yellow trail blaze on a tree trunk
Outdoor Sports

Florida Trail (Ocala Section) — 67 Miles Through Sand Pine, Springs, and Black Bear Country

The Florida National Scenic Trail runs 1,100 miles from the Big Cypress to Pensacola. The 67-mile Ocala section is the most scenic third of the whole thing — sand-pine scrub, longleaf pine, three first-magnitude springs on the route, and the densest black bear population in the state. Section…