2018
April 2018
Friday 6 April 2018
Fri 6 Apr to Sun 8 Apr. With camping atop the bluff overlooking two beautiful rivers, our season-capping festival takes place at Suwannee River State Park near Live Oak. The weekend will offer supported 8-12 mile paddling options on both the Suwannee and Withlacoochee Rivers, a concert featuring Paddle Florida's favorite musicians, and educational presentations from regional waterway experts.
Register by March 23. Live Oak. Bill Richards, 352-377-8342, bill@paddleflorida.org. Paddle Florida - [paddleflorida][events]
March 2018
Saturday 10 March 2018
Sat 10 Mar to Fri 16 Mar. Get away from it all into the heart of the Florida Panhandle as we paddle 86 miles of the mighty Choctawhatchee. This is a journey into Wild Florida, where wildlife far outnumbers humans and paddlers can stumble upon spectacular springs shrouded in old growth forests.
Register by February 24. Geneva. Bill Richards, 352-377-8342, bill@paddleflorida.org. Paddle Florida - [paddleflorida][events]
February 2018
Saturday 10 February 2018
Sat 10 Feb to Fri 16 Feb. Bast in the history, culture, and beauty of Florida's southwest coast as we explore 57 miles of Lee County's rivers, bays, mangrove tunnels, aquatic preserves, Calusa shell mounds, and pristine white-sand barrier islands.
Register by January 27. Estero. Bill Richards, 352-377-8342, bill@paddleflorida.org. Paddle Florida - [paddleflorida][events]
January 2018
Thursday 18 January 2018
Thu 18 Jan to Tue 23 Jan. Beginning at Lake Panasoffkee, paddlers will thread their way through hardwood swamps and tannic streams on a 60-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. The adventure includes a side trip to the colorful Rainbow River and its world class first magnitude spring.
Register by January 4. Lake Panasofkee. Bill Richards, 352-377-8342, bill@paddleflorida.org. Paddle Florida - [paddleflorida][events]
2017
December 2017
Friday 1 December 2017
Fri 1 Dec to Tue 5 Dec 2017. Float over Florida's most famed first magnitude spring and see monkeys dangling from cypress branches, a rich diversity of birds, while exploring an Old Florida land and waterscape on this 48-mile paddle down the Silver and Ocklawaha Rivers. Register by November 17.
Come with us on a spring-fed journey through the heart of Old Florida. Our four-day expedition will begin at Silver Springs State Park, home to Florida's most famed first magnitude spring. Paddlers will journey from the Silver to the Ocklawaha River on a gradually widening tree-canopied waterway offering views of a fantastic diversity of wildlife above and below the water’s surface. Our trip will conclude 46 miles downstream just above Rodman Dam.
At Orange Springs, musician Whitey Markle and the Swamprooters will perform their Swampgrass style of music, a mixture of bluegrass, folk, and country with a taste of old fashioned Florida Cracker thrown in for good measure ... Silver Springs. Bill Richards, 352-377-8342, bill@paddleflorida.org. Paddle Florida - [more][paddleflorida][events]