Website Information/Table of Contents

Welcome To My Website
=============================================================== Please Note: I created these entries a few years ago when I was doing a lot of hiking and exploring. I have slowed down quite a bit lately, believe me, it is tough to get old! Most of the information will always be valid, but I’m sure some of the areas and information have changed over the years. Please consider my write-ups as “reference”, but I’m sure if you cover the ground that I have covered over the years, you will be as happy as I was. Get out and enjoy the outdoors, Tom 3-15-21 ===============================================================
I have created this website to help people become more familiar with what is available when wanting to enjoy the great outdoors. This site not only details many outdoor areas to enjoy, but it also helps you to become more comfortable with some of the tools and instruments currently available to help you feel more at ease while out and about. The main thing that has opened the world to me is the handheld GPS (not the car GPS), everyone should have one if they really want to get out and about. There are a few APPS on smartphones which take advantage of the phone's GPS chip, so you could use a smartphone if your really wanted to. One easy way to get use to using a GPS is by getting into the sport of “GEOCaching” (See GEOCaching - General Information). I am known in GEOCaching as "Frog Man" - if you want some tough caches, look me up!
I hope you find this website helpful.
Use the "Quick Links" on the right side to look at list of webpages at any time or return to this page (Home Page).

I also used some external websites to store additional data. Here are those links to my data pages -
• All my recorded hikes – click here => Wikiloc Hikes
• Summary hunting calendar of some of the major areas – click here => WMA Hunting Calendar

Note: In many of my documents I refer to GPS coordinates (coords). I highly recommend that if you are not a Google Earth user that you read these two entries on this website about Google Earth.
• How-To: Using Google Earth for Hiking – click here
• How-To: Using GPS Coords in Google Earth – click here

Table of Contents
Below is listing of all the pages which make up this website. To go to a page, just click on the name (or right-click to allow using tabs) and you will be linked to the detail data page.

Hiking Areas Documented (click to view)
• Beachside EEL Sanctuaries (Coconut Point, Maritime Hammock, Barrier Island)
• Buck Lake WMA
• Bull Creek (Herky Huffman) WMA
• Bulldozer Canal Area - St Johns River
• Canaveral Marshes
• Charles H. Bronson State Forest
• Chuluota Wilderness Area
• Cocoa Conservation Area
• Econlockhatchee River Corridor – Hiking, Kayaking and Boating
• Econ River Wilderness Area
• Econlockhatchee Sandhill Conservation Area
• Grant Flatwoods Sanctuary
• Hal Scott Preserve
• Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park
• Isle of Pine Preserve
• Lake Lizzie Conservation Area
• Little Big Econ WMA – Kilbee Tract – Brumley Road
• Long Branch Preserve
• Micco Scrub Sanctuary
• Mills Creek Woodland/Florida Trail
• Moccasin Island Tract/River Lakes Conservation Area
• Orlando Wetlands
• Pine Island Conservation Area/Sams House Trails
• Pine Lily Preserve
• Prairie Lakes Unit
• Salt Lake WMA
• Savage/Christmas Creek Preserve
• Seminole Ranch Conservation Area
• Seminole Ranch WMA
• South Lake Conservation Area
• St Johns River Area
• Three Forks Marsh Conservation Area
• T.M. Goodwin WMA - Broadmoor Marshes
• Tosohatchee South Hiking - Off RT520
• Tosohatchee WMA
• Triple N Ranch WMA - Hiking from Rt192 Entrance
• Triple N Ranch WMA - Crabgrass Road Access Areas
• Wickham Park in Melbourne

Information Items/How To (click to view)
• FWC Hunting Activity Calendar - Look Before You Hike!
• Bull Creek Area Cemeteries
• Florida Biting Bugs
• GEOCaching - General Information
• GPS Information: Track Points and The 500 Point Limit
• GPS Units Explained By Me
• How-To: Download GPS Tracks and Waypoints from WIKILOC
• How-To: Using Computer Program to "Split" a Large Track File
• How-To: Using Downloaded Tracks on the Trail
• How-To: Using Google Earth for Hiking
• How-To: Using GPS Coords in Google Earth
• Hunting and Hiking
• Information: Handheld GPS Units and Hiking
• Irritating things in the Field
• Items to Consider for a Dayhike
• Moccasin Island Hunting Data
• My Most Dangerous Thing - Tree Root Tripping
• Personal Locator Devices (PLD)
• Wet Area Hiking - Remedies/Lightweight Overboots

Miscellanous Items (click to view)
• Favorite Spots - Hiking Areas
• Florida’s “Wild” Cattle
• Leave No Trace
• My Favorite Tree - the Cypress
• One Mean Water Moccasin
• Positive Attitude
• River Otter
• Some of the Wildlife I Have Come Across In The Field
• Some White Bird Pictures
• St Johns River Indian Mounds - From RT46 to Below RT520
• Viera Wetlands Wildflowers and Grass
• Water Lilies


You can use the search box to search this website for information. Just enter the data you want to search for in the box and click on the “search” button. Any pages with a hit will be listed