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Big Cypress

The Florida Trail begins (or ends) at the boundary between Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve on Loop Road. This is the most rugged portion of the trail, where wading is not an option - it's a must. The payoff is hiking through a tropical wilderness of bromeliad-and-orchid laden cypress sloughs and strands punctuated by pine rocklands islands and vast sawgrass prairies underlain with marl. This section of trail is nearly 45 miles long. North of I-75, the trail follows old forest roads to the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation
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  • Big Cypress<br /> location: Big Cypress National Preserve<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Peter Nolan / Florida Trail Association

    Big Cypress
    location: Big Cypress National Preserve
    PHOTO CREDIT: Peter Nolan / Florida Trail Association

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  • Florida Trail southern terminus, Loop Road<br /> location: Big Cypress National Preserve<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Bart Smith / Florida Trail Association

    Florida Trail southern terminus, Loop Road
    location: Big Cypress National Preserve
    PHOTO CREDIT: Bart Smith / Florida Trail Association

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  • Backpacking Big Cypress<br /> location: Big Cypress National Preserve<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Backpacking Big Cypress
    location: Big Cypress National Preserve
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Backpacking Big Cypress<br /> location: Big Cypress National Preserve<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Backpacking Big Cypress
    location: Big Cypress National Preserve
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Backpacking Big Cypress<br /> location: Big Cypress National Preserve<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Backpacking Big Cypress
    location: Big Cypress National Preserve
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Participants of the Big Cypress hike relax at 7-mile camp.<br /> L to R, Deborah Dalrymple, Juliet Schwarz, Robert Kirby, and Mara Snyder. Backpacking Big Cypress<br /> location: Big Cypress National Preserve<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

    Participants of the Big Cypress hike relax at 7-mile camp.
    L to R, Deborah Dalrymple, Juliet Schwarz, Robert Kirby, and Mara Snyder. Backpacking Big Cypress
    location: Big Cypress National Preserve
    PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

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  • A wet and muddy blazed trail is what hikers can expect in much of the Big Cypress Preserve. <br /> Backpacking Big Cypress<br /> location: Big Cypress National Preserve<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

    A wet and muddy blazed trail is what hikers can expect in much of the Big Cypress Preserve.
    Backpacking Big Cypress
    location: Big Cypress National Preserve
    PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

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  • LWOP wading in Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Phyllis Malinski / Florida Trail Association

    LWOP wading in Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Phyllis Malinski / Florida Trail Association

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  • PHOTO CREDIT: Bart Smith / Florida Trail Association

    PHOTO CREDIT: Bart Smith / Florida Trail Association

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  • Backpacking Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Backpacking Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Sendoff at Loop Rd<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Sendoff at Loop Rd
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Shortcut takes a hike<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Shortcut takes a hike
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Mile Marker<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Mile Marker
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Foggy morning<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Foggy morning
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • On the right track<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    On the right track
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Trail crossing at Oasis<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Trail crossing at Oasis
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Backpacking Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Backpacking Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Wading a cypress dome<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Wading a cypress dome
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Narrow-leafed sabatia<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Narrow-leafed sabatia
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Whisk fern<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Whisk fern
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Wading a cypress dome<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Wading a cypress dome
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Wading a cypress dome<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Wading a cypress dome
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Sunrise<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Sunrise
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Backpacking through Dade County pine<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Backpacking through Dade County pine
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Backpacking Big Cypress<br /> Wading a cypress dome<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Backpacking Big Cypress
    Wading a cypress dome
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Thirteen Mile Camp<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Thirteen Mile Camp
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Into a cypress dome<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Into a cypress dome
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Mile marker<br /> Wading a cypress dome<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Mile marker
    Wading a cypress dome
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Corn snake<br /> Wading a cypress dome<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Corn snake
    Wading a cypress dome
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Trail junction<br /> Wading a cypress dome<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Trail junction
    Wading a cypress dome
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • In the flatwoods<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    In the flatwoods
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Setting up camp<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Setting up camp
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

    Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Coveney / Florida Trail Association

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  • Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Deb Blick / Florida Trail Association

    Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Deb Blick / Florida Trail Association

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  • Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Deb Blick / Florida Trail Association

    Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Deb Blick / Florida Trail Association

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  • Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Deb Blick / Florida Trail Association

    Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Deb Blick / Florida Trail Association

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  • Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Deb Blick / Florida Trail Association

    Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Deb Blick / Florida Trail Association

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  • Naples freelance photographer Donn Brown, traveled with the group to doument the hike. Big Cypress<br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Kirby / Florida Trail Association

    Naples freelance photographer Donn Brown, traveled with the group to doument the hike. Big Cypress
    PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Kirby / Florida Trail Association

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  • PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

    PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

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  • Participants of the Big Cypress hike relax at 7-mile camp.<br /> L to R, Deborah Dalrymple, Juliet Schwarz, Robert Kirby, and Mara Snyder. <br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

    Participants of the Big Cypress hike relax at 7-mile camp.
    L to R, Deborah Dalrymple, Juliet Schwarz, Robert Kirby, and Mara Snyder.
    PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

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  • Hikers Juliet Schwarz and Robert Kirby stop to check out an orchid. <br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

    Hikers Juliet Schwarz and Robert Kirby stop to check out an orchid.
    PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

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  • The first nignt of the hike was spent at 10-mile camp. In the background, Robert Kirby and Bruce Davidson treat water from a nearby Cypress Dome. <br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

    The first nignt of the hike was spent at 10-mile camp. In the background, Robert Kirby and Bruce Davidson treat water from a nearby Cypress Dome.
    PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

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  • Annette Coughlin dips water from a Cypress Dome near the group's campsite at 10-mile camp. <br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

    Annette Coughlin dips water from a Cypress Dome near the group's campsite at 10-mile camp.
    PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

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  • Robert Kirby checks on stragglers as the group heads into the third day of the Big Cypress hike. <br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

    Robert Kirby checks on stragglers as the group heads into the third day of the Big Cypress hike.
    PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

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  • An island of palm trees rests in a prarie of dwarf cypress trees on the final morning of the Big Cypress hike. <br /> PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

    An island of palm trees rests in a prarie of dwarf cypress trees on the final morning of the Big Cypress hike.
    PHOTO CREDIT: Donn Brown / Florida Trail Association

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