Florida Trail Association      Choctawhatchee and Western Gate Chapters

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    This is the home page of Western Gate's and Choctawhatchee's web site.  Both organizations are Chapters of the Florida Trail Association, and are devoted to building, maintaining and hiking the Florida National Scenic Trail, which stretches more that 1300 miles from Fort Pickens in Escambia County to the Big Cyprus Swamp in south Florida.  Western Gate is responsible for trails in Florida Counties of Escambia and Santa Rosa, while Choctawhatchee has trails in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. In total there are approximately 200 miles of trail in the four county area, much of it continuous, which makes multi-day backpacking trips feasible.  Trails are connected on the east to those of the Panhandle Chapter of the Florida Trail Association, and to the north to the trails of the Alabama Hiking Trail Society through the Conecuh National Forest.
    Both Chapters regularly lead hikes, campouts, backpacks, canoe trips and bike excursions.  Hikes are tailored to the capability of a variety of individuals, from a one hour walk around town with dinner to follow to a twenty mile cross country event.
    Monthly meetings are held by both Chapters.

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FOR TRAIL MAPS, A LIST OF ACTIVITIES
AND DIRECTIONS TO THE MONTHLY MEETING