Freshwater Kayak and Canoe Trips

The links below provide information on interesting freshwater paddle trips in Central Florida.

Name	Difficulty	Scenery	Detail	Miles	Location and County
Alafia River	Moderate	Good		11.5	Riverview Hillsborough
Blue Cypress Lake	Moderate	Very Good		7	Vero Beach Indian River
Blue Springs State Park	Basic	Good		8	Deltona Volusia
Chassahowitzka River	Moderate	Very Good		7	Homosassa Citrus
Crystal River	Basic	Fair		7.5	Crystal River Citrus
DeLeon Springs State Park	Moderate	Good		10	Deland Volusia
Dora Canal	Basic	Fair		4.5	Mount Dora Lake
Hillsborough River	Basic	Good		5-14	Tampa Hillsborough
Homosassa River	Moderate	Very Good		9	Homosassa Citrus
Hontoon Island State Park	Moderate	Very Good		10	Deland Volusia
Juniper Springs	Moderate	Very Good		7	Ocala Marion
Lake Griffin State Park	Basic	Good		3	Leesburg Lake
Lake Kissimmee SP	Basic	Very Good		8	Lake Wales Polk
Lake Tarpon	Basic	Fair		1.5	Tarpon Springs Pinellas
Little Manatee River	Moderate	Good		6	Sun City Center Hillsborough
Manatee River	Moderate	Good		8	Ellenton Manatee
Manatee Springs SP - Suwanee River	Basic	Good		5.5	Chiefland Levy
Myakka River State Park	Basic	Very Good		6	Sarasota Sarasota
Oklawaha River	Moderate	Very Good		12	Ocala Marion
Peace River	Moderate	Good		16	Arcadia Desoto
Pithlachascotee River	Basic	Good		6	New Port Richey Pasco
Salt Springs	Moderate	Very Good		10	Ocala Marion
Silver River - Silver Springs	Moderate	Excellent		10	Ocala Marion
Weeki Wachee	Mod/Adv	Very Good		4-16	Weeki Wachee Hernando
Wekiva River - Rock Springs Run	Moderate	Very Good		8	Apopka Orange
Withlacoochee River	Basic	Good		9	Brooksville Hernando

  Canoes OK on all freshwater trips.