Highland Hammock State Park

I know we have visited this park but I’ll bet it was over 30 years ago. I couldn’t remember what we did, that’s why I like creating these blogs. At least it reminds me what we did and if we liked the park.

The park first opened in 1931, it was developed by CCC in 1934 and became one of the first Florida state parks in 1935. The 140 site campground is crowded under a large canopy of trees, it feels like you are jammed in pretty tight but they do have 30 amp power & water at each site. Some large RV’s may have trouble finding a site they could fit in.

They have a bunch of short hiking trails, some raised on boardwalks that can be reached from the 4 mile paved bike trail that winds through a jungle like setting including a claimed 1000 year old oak tree.


There are some longer bike trails that are on old gravel roads. There is also a 3 mi asphalt trail that parallels the main road all the way to Sebring. We rode about 18 miles on our tandem bike on all the various trails.


We camped here for three days and enjoyed the small CCC museum visitor center that is run by the volunteers.

Saturday we had a light rain that curtailed our activities.

On Sunday we will head south to Lake Worth, FL near West Palm Beach and watch the Superbowl game at John Prince County Park.