Florida trails · Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail
Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail
A 180.1-mile point-to-point 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 180.3 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)
Getting there
East Coast Greenway - Broward Corridor access. About 23 min drive (13 mi) from Fort Lauderdale. 26.03763, -80.11364 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:55 a.m., the sun rises at 7:18 a.m. and sets at 6:53 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:17 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 35 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 180.1-mile route works out to roughly 66 h 43 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 — 5.2 mi loop, 69 ft gain
- Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail + FLORIDA KEYS OVERSEAS HERITAGE TRAIL — 2.7 mi loop, 38 ft gain
- Florida Circumnavigational Paddling Trail + FLORIDA KEYS OVERSEAS HERITAGE TRAIL — 7.3 mi loop, 59 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Trail — 24.7 mi