Blue Eagle Route
6.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Blue Eagle Route is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Okeeheelee Park near Poincianna Place, FL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Eagle Route
6.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 12–28 ft
Out & Back · Okeeheelee Park
Trailhead: 26.64340, -80.17019
Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 85°F / low 74° · precip 70% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Okeeheelee Park, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Dillman Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Eagle Route, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Okeeheelee Park, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Blue Eagle Route, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Dillman Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Okeeheelee Park, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Okeeheelee Park 3.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Okeeheelee Park 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Okeeheelee Park 4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Okeeheelee Park 3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Blue Eagle Route 6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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