Osceola National Forest
General Information
The Osceola National Forest is a peaceful place where people come to escape their busy lives and reconnect with the land. Flatwoods and swamps transport visitors back in time, and provide a tranquil setting for first-rate hunting, fishing and swimming opportunities.
Complexes
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While less than 0.5-mile long, this barrier-free trail takes you back more than a century through the history of a sawmill and community that thrived along the Ocean Pond s
Recreation Sites
Big Camp Hunt Camp
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Situated in the Osceola National Forest, the Big Camp Hunt Camp is the perfect location to get back to nature. Enjoy this primitive camping area on the north edge of the Big Gum Swamp…
Big Gum Swamp Wilderness
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 This large, nearly level area consists primarily of a poorly drained to very poorly drained freshwater swamp of cypress and gum. The surface is a thick, spongy mat of organic material, sluggishly…
Cobb Hunt Camp
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 If you're looking for a nice quiet spot outside of the city, the primitive Cobb Hunt Camp is perfect for you. The campground sits under the pines of the Osceola National Forest, located between…
East Tower Hunt Camp
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 Get back to nature while enjoying this year-round primitive camping area. This location is used primarily as a hunt camp during general gun season.
Fanny Bay Trail
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This 1.1-mile roundtrip trail ventures near towering cypress trees, barking frogs and iridescent dragonflies. At the far end is a boardwalk that winds through the swamp forest of Fanny Bay beneath…
Hog Pen Landing
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 Hog Pen Landing offers quiet moments on waterfront campsites while Spanish moss sways with the wind. If you're lucky, you might just see a great blue heron fish for dinner. A boat ramp provides…
Lewis D. Whitaker Osceola Shooting Range
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Providing a place for you to improve your shooting skills, the Lewis D. Whitaker Osceola Shooting Range is open to the public when classes are not in session. It is unsupervised, so cooperation among…
Mt. Carrie Wayside
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Slightly less than 1-mile long, this interpretive loop trail is right along US 90 west of Olustee. It features a mature longleaf pine forest with red-cockaded woodpecker nests and related hatitats,…
Nice Wander Trail
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The Nice Wander Trail is an accessible-with-assistance series of loops in the Florida National Scenic Trail at the Olustee Trailhead. The loops range up to 1.6 miles in length. The trail is easy to…
Ocean Pond Campground
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 Ocean Pond Campground's two-mile wide lake with its shallow, sandy beach provides an escape from everyday life for more than 100,000 visitors each year. The site is about an hour from the First…