Cypress Creek Nature Preserve (Tampa)

This trail is nice, dog friendly on a leash! Woodsy walk with more tree cover or full sun options to walk different trails. We have seen armadillos frequently before dusk time. Parking is very confusing initially, you have to walk along the road to get to the trail head entrance a quart mile away from where you park. It parking lot has trash cans and a picnic table which is a cute resource. I don’t remember any bathroom porta potty option. Found an abandoned shed out there which was kinda creepy initially and I’ve always bumped into another person/walking groups each time I’ve visited.

Went hiking with the Florida Trail Association - Suncoast Chapter at the Cypress Creek Nature Preserve. Our host was Shaun. We all had fun on a 3-mile hike.

A nice place for a walk in the woods. Trails are nicely maintained. There is also a fair amount of shade, which is nice.

The trail is beautiful albeit sort of bumpy and unpaved. Beautiful nature and refreshing. I would go again.

This trail was very confusing to follow and unmarked at forks in the path so we had no idea which way to go. This ended up with us getting lost, when we thought we were heading back towards the car (following the map) we ended up going the completely wrong direction because there are no markings. Don’t recommend.