Florida State Parks
- Colt Creek State Park (Oct. 25-26, 2025), Red Loop Trail
- Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (Feb. 8-9, 2024), Prairie Loop Trail, 5.6 miles
- Lake Louisa State Park
- Self-designed loop connecting to Wilderness Point campsite (multiple times)
- Self-designed loop connecting to Pine Point campsite (Jan. 6-7, 2024)
- Lake Kissimmee State Park
- Buster Island Loop (multiple times), 6.9 miles
- North Loop (Mar. 30-31, 2024), 6.8 miles
- Myakka River State Park (Feb. 22-24, 2024), portion of Myakka Trail, Mossy Hammock and Bee Island campsites, 11.2 miles
Florida State and National Forests
- Bronson State Forest
- Out-and-back on the Florida Trail from Chuluota Wilderness Area to Fern Camp (Jan. 1-2, 2025), 14 miles round trip
- Out and back from Orlando Wetlands Park to Joshua Creek campsite on the Florida Trail (Dec. 21-22, 2025), 12 miles round trip
- Little Big Econ State Forest (Dec. 23-24, 2024), out-and-back on the Florida Trail from Brumley Road to West Camp, 14 miles round trip
- Ocala National Forest
- 88 Store south in Western Corridor of the Florida Trail to a clearing 1/2 mile north of CR 314 (Jan. 18-19, 2025), out-and-back on the Florida Trail, 18 miles round trip
- Juniper Prairie Wilderness (Feb. 8-9, 2025), out-and-back on the Florida Trail from Juniper Springs to 1 1/2 miles north of Hidden Pond, 14 miles round trip
- Hopkins Prairie (Apr. 12-13, 2025), out-and-back on the Florida Trail to 1 1/2 miles north of the Hopkins Prairie shoreline, then about 1 mile north on the Salt Springs connector trail, 15 1/2 miles round trip
- Osceola National Forest (Apr. 8-9, 2024), out-and-back on the Florida Trail from Turkey Run trailhead to West Tower campsite, 15 miles round trip
- Withlacoochee State Forest, Croom Tract (Feb. 28-29, 2024), combined A and B Loops, 11.3 miles
Other Notable Florida Locations
- Bull Creek Wildlife Management Area (Jan. 25-26, 2025), Bull Creek Loop, 17.5 miles
- Green Swamp East Tract (Mar. 8-9, 2025), point-to-point hike on the Florida Trail from trailhead at the east tract’s southern entrance to McNeil Trailhead (staying at Mott Prairie campsite), 13.5 miles
- Green Swamp West Tract
- McNeil Trailhead to Concession Stand campsite (multiple times), out-and-back on the Florida Trail, 15 miles round trip
- River Road trailhead to Richloam General Store (staying at Foster Bridge campsite) (June 2-3, 2024), point-to-point hike on the Florida Trail, 18 miles
- Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area, Prairie Lakes Unit (Jan. 18-19, 2026), North and South Loops (staying at Dry Pond campsite), 11.4 miles round trip
- Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area (Feb. 22-23, 2025), loop including sections of the Florida Trail and White Trail, 14.9 miles
Outside Florida
- Virginia
- Shenandoah National Park (Nov. 6-7, 2025), loop trail including segments of the Big Run Loop, Big Run Portal, Patterson Ridge, and Appalachian Trails
- Wisconsin
- Ice Age Trail (Oct. 23-25, 2024), out-and-back from Interstate Park to Lions Park campsite on St. Croix River, near St. Croix Falls, 15 miles round trip
- Sweden
- Bogesundslandet Nature Reserve (multiple times in June 2025), near Stockholm
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