Day Hiker Series - Exploring Myakka state park

Day Hiker Series - Exploring Myakka state park 

Myakka State Park Florida. 4.2 mile trail. 23ft in Elevation Changes, Well marked trail.

Impressions of Myakka State park.  In one word Beautiful.  What is gorgeous park.  Plenty of places to Camp, Picnic, Walk , Bike, Canoe, just spend a nice day.  I would recommend bringing your own food, as the Cafe on site is under staffed and very busy, wait times of over an hour.  There is tons of wildlife to see, if your into bird watching, this is a great place.  Lots of Gators to see.  One thing that you will see around the park is both Hog traps and Hog signs.  Many of the trails are disturbed because of hog bed down areas, but due to the very good placement of the trail markers you wont have a problem staying on trail.

The trails are well marked in most places, though there are times you need to stay alert, especially if you are changing trails.  We had one time that we could have walked right past the entrance to our path, had we not been using the ALL Trail App.  The path was very narrow at this part, and not obvious, (the next time I do this trail, I will take a pic of it).  Other than this, we had no issues.  One thing we noticed that while we were close to several lakes, there was no streams or we areas along the trail, bring water, this is Florida.  Shade was great at times, but there are several sections that were open and you were in tall grass and scrub brush, it gets hot fast even in Feb.

If you are walking a dog, be aware that they have a 6 foot leash max requirement, but even small dogs can handle this trail.  Be aware there are lot of people with dogs at this park.

Lastly, Come early.  We finished about noon, and as we were leaving the line out of the park was long.  Parking is not great, though you can park on the side of the road. 

Below are some images from our hike and at the bottom you will find our route from All Trails.  This is a great new comer or casual hiker looking for a new place to go. 

Enjoy, subscribe- More to come.