Get ready for wildflowers! Here are links to resources to help you find wildflowers, as well as regional information to enhance your trip.
The Eastern Panhandle Wildflower Routes map provides a general overview of the most reliable routes for roadside wildflowers. For real-time navigation, scroll downto our Visit Planner map below!
The Nature Viewing Along the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Viewing Trail App will help you identify the birds, butterflies and flowering plants throughout Florida. Designed with non-experts in mind, this tool is perfect for young or novice nature lovers, visitors to Florida and more seasoned explorers. For iPhone, iPad. For Android.
On-line Resources for Your Visit
Here you will find links to websites, as well as links to more information about the region and its wonderful wildflowers.
Apalachicola National Forest
Spectacular botanical diversity, with one of the last intact extensive longleaf pine and wiregrass communities
Bear Creek Educational Forest
An audio-enhanced Living Forest trail where the trees tell their own stories
Big Bend Scenic Byway
Where theme parks and bright lights give way to horizons of towering pines and blue-green Gulf waters
Joe Budd Wildlife Management Area
Includes rare slope forests and stands of old growth pines
Miccosukee Greenway
503 acres of open pasture and forested woodlands with 17 miles of trails
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
One of the oldest in the National Wildlife Refuge System
Tate’s Hell State Forest
Trails and more at this local legend
Angus Gholson Nature Park
Native wildflowers, shrubs and trees bloom here year-round.
Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park
600+ acres with a wide variety of trails
Maclay Gardens State Park
A masterpiece of floral architecture
St. George Island State Park
Miles of undeveloped beaches on this barrier island
Torreya State Park
Popular for camping, hiking, picnicking, bird-watching
Self-tour map of SR 65
A great day trip guide
More SR 65 wildflower images
One of several lovely SR 65 Flickr sets
What’s in bloom
Bloom reports and more
Visit Tallahassee
In and around the capital
Panhandle Wildflower Survey
PDF of detailed survey information
Calhoun County Herbarium
Virtual exhibit of the collection
Visit Florida
A wide variety of areas, events, and ideas
Florida State Parks
Explore historic and natural Florida
Franklin County
Salty Florida
Gadsden County
Unspoiled, unexpected
Liberty County
The heart of Florida’s panhandle
Wakulla County
The natural place to be
Chart Your Course
The map below shows parks and natural areas you may wish to visit on your trip, complete with driving directions. To open the map to full screen, please click on this icon at the left of the map: 
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