Florida trails · Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail
Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail
A 179.1-mile network in Florida, with 10 ft of climbing. Reaches Lake Worth Inner Channel and other beach/lake destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 264.4 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Lake Worth Inner Channel (lake)
- Sunset Lake (lake)
- Lake Rogers (lake)
- Lake Mabel (lake)
- Lake Wyman (lake)
- Lake Boca Raton (lake)
- Lake Worth (lake)
- Coral Bay (lake)
- Sunrise Bay (lake)
- Lake Seneca (lake)
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:37 a.m., the sun rises at 7:00 a.m. and sets at 7:41 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:04 p.m. (EDT) — 12 h 41 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 179.1-mile route works out to roughly 66 h 19 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail + FLORIDA KEYS OVERSEAS HERITAGE TRAIL — 13.8 mi loop, 86 ft gain
- Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail + FLORIDA KEYS OVERSEAS HERITAGE TRAIL — 14.0 mi loop, 120 ft gain
- Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail + FLORIDA KEYS OVERSEAS HERITAGE TRAIL — 2.7 mi loop, 39 ft gain