Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Explore Florida's Walton County forests with Trail Trekkers. These hikes are for friends. We trek approximately monthly September through May. (May is cancelled this year due to change of sponsorship.) Emphasis is on walking at a steady, moderate pace rather than on identifying flora and fauna. Trekkers should be in reasonably good health and able to walk two miles or more. Bring bug repellent, sun block, camera, and water. No advance signup is necessary; simply meet at the designated starting point.
The first Trail Trekkers hike was on 2/29/2008. We started at 10 a.m. on Co. Hwy. 83, about one-quarter mile north of Co. Hwy. 30-A, on the west side across the road from a forest kiosk. The group walked about two miles west to a water tower on Satinwood Dr. in Blue Mountain Beach. At that point, no one chose to be transported by car to their vehicles. People turned around and retraced the trail back to 83. Anita Page led the hike, stopping to give brief talks about interesting features including burns, pine trees, oak tree, animal paths, gopher tortoise habitat, staying on the trail, changing environments, and SWCC plans for trail and map development by partnering with local agencies.
Explore Florida's Walton County forests with Trail Trekkers. These hikes are for friends. We trek approximately monthly September through May. (May is cancelled this year due to change of sponsorship.) Emphasis is on walking at a steady, moderate pace rather than on identifying flora and fauna. Trekkers should be in reasonably good health and able to walk two miles or more. Bring bug repellent, sun block, camera, and water. No advance signup is necessary; simply meet at the designated starting point.
The first Trail Trekkers hike was on 2/29/2008. We started at 10 a.m. on Co. Hwy. 83, about one-quarter mile north of Co. Hwy. 30-A, on the west side across the road from a forest kiosk. The group walked about two miles west to a water tower on Satinwood Dr. in Blue Mountain Beach. At that point, no one chose to be transported by car to their vehicles. People turned around and retraced the trail back to 83. Anita Page led the hike, stopping to give brief talks about interesting features including burns, pine trees, oak tree, animal paths, gopher tortoise habitat, staying on the trail, changing environments, and SWCC plans for trail and map development by partnering with local agencies.
