Event Info:
Kick off the Hillsborough County Hiking Spree this year with a morning hike at Wortham Park. Meet some staff, be some of the first to know this year's Spree locations, get some goodies, and enjoy a 3.1 mile guided hike through Wortham Park on the Bluestem Hiking Trail.
We will meet at the TRAILHEAD Kiosk located in the main parking lot. Trail conditions are usually dry this time of year, but hikers are encouraged to properly prepare with sturdy shoes. Portions of the trail can also be very sunny, so hats, glasses, bug spray, sunscreen, and their own water bottle are highly recommended as well. Water and facilities are available near the trailhead.
Park Info:
A shallow creek meanders through the 107 acre Wortham Park, which offers plenty of amenities: restrooms, a picnic shelter, 5 miles of hiking trails (includes the adjacent 500 acre Rhodine Scrub Preserve), 1.5 miles of equestrian trails, playground, and basketball court. The 5.7-acre lake with a canoe launch, is filled with bass, catfish, and bream. Much of the park's undeveloped natural terrain is typical of Florida's hardwood hammocks and wet prairies. Visitors will find sand, slash, and longleaf pines; live, water, and scrub oaks; lots of saw palmetto and other understory plants; and animals such as gopher tortoises, box turtles, foxes, red-shouldered hawks and bald eagles.
Parking: FREE!
