Best Easy Day Hikes Tampa Bay includes detailed maps and concise descriptions for twenty easy-to-follow hikes on the central Florida Gulf Coast: Tampa, St. Petersburg, and the surrounding area. Explore the junglesque floodplain forest of the Hillsborough River basin, hike along the Gulf or amid the palmy interior of Caladesi Island State Park, or discover the past at Weedon Island. Look inside for:¿ One-hour strolls to half-day adventures ¿ Mile-by-mile directions ¿ Trail Finder for best hikes with dogs, children, nature, rivers, lakes, and the ocean¿ GPS coordinates

Johnny Molloy is an outdoor writer based in Tennessee. He has averaged over one hundred nights in the wild per year since the early 1980s, backpacking and canoe camping throughout the country, in nearly every state. The result of his efforts are numerous books, including hiking guides to Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee as well as tent camping guides to Colorado, Wisconsin, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Georgia, and the Smokies. He continues to write and travel extensively to all four corners of the United States, endeavoring in a variety of outdoor pusuits. For the latest on Molloy, visit www.johnnymolloy.com.