The Forgotten Coast refers to a relatively quiet, undeveloped section of coastline stretching from Mexico Beach on the Gulf of Mexico to St. Marks on the Apalachee Bay in Florida. The stretch includes: Port St. Joe, Cape San Blas, Apalachicola, Eastpoint, Carrabelle,... 
Eastpoint, FL – Tate’s Hell State Forest, located along Florida’s Forgotten Coast, offers two loop trails and the short Ralph G. Kendrick Dwarf Cypress Boardwalk that are accessed off Highway 98 between Carrabelle and Eastpoint. The trailheads are located less... 
As described on their website: “The freshwaters of the Big Cypress Swamp, essential to the health of the neighboring Everglades, support the rich marine estuaries along Florida’s southwest coast. Big Cypress is located about 45 miles west of Miami.... 
Hopkins, SC – Congaree National Park, located about 30 minutes east of Columbia, South Carolina is home to the largest intact expanse of old growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the southeastern United States. Waters from the Congaree and Wateree... 
Orlando, FL – My favorite of the Walt Disney World theme parks in Florida, Animal Kingdom, combines the animals of a zoo with the rides and entertainment of an amusement park. Mike has written about the other Walt Disney World Orlando theme parks including Magic... 
Homestead, FL – Everglades National Park located in Southern Florida is comprised of 1,509,000 acres. From the NPS brochure: “This landscape is unlike any other—beautiful, mysterious, and wild. Here, tropical and temperate species flourish side-by-side in an... 
