Barefoot Beach Canoe Trail

Experience nature at Barefoot Beach Preserve, a 342 acre barrier island in North Naples.  The Preserve remains one of Southwest Florida's most beautiful and fragile natural areas.

Here you will find a canoe trail that circles approximately 1.5 miles through an estuarine mangrove forest.  The trail waters are classified as Outstanding Florida Waters. Fish, mollusks, crustaceans, dolphins, and manatees all spend a part of their lives in this estuary.

The salt-tolerant mangrove trees form impassable forests that are home to many species of wildlife.  Marine creatures find food and safety among the tangled root system of the red mangrove.  Ideal nesting sites can be found in the canopy of these mangrove trees.  You might see yellow crowned night herons, roseate spoonbills, and white ibis.  Overhead, look for the ospreys who call the Preserve home.  Southern bald eagles feed and perch in the snags daily.

To schedule a Park-Ranger-guided canoe trip, please contact:

(239) 252-4000 or visit www.CollierGov.net

 

Please Help Preserve Your Preserve

The management goal at Barefoot Beach Preserve is to preserve the natural resources while allowing compatible recreational uses.  Canoeing through the backwaters gives people the opportunity to experience the natural resources that abound in coastal Collier County.  Please, take only photographs, and leave only footprints!

Canoes can be rented at the Barefoot Beach concession.  Please remember to file a float plan before departing.  Unless guided  by a Park Ranger, please remain in your canoe.  Sea grass beds and mudflats are home to many species of wildlife in all stages of development.

For your safety, do not pass Marker 15.  Motorboats are traveling on the intracoastal waterway beyond that point.  Visit the Friends at Barefoot Beach Learning Center to learn more about your Preserve, or ASK A PARK RANGER.

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Our registration number as a not for profit organization with the Florida Department of Ag and Consumer Affairs is CH26540.  A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM

THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE.  REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. 

This website created and maintained by Marti Timple,  ~ Email: MTimple@FOBBP.org