Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area
Echoche (Many Deer) Trail (Yellow) & Loxahatchee Loop Hiking Trail (Red) via Ocean-to-Lake Trail
15.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 5 hr 12 min
Echoche (Many Deer) Trail (Yellow) & Loxahatchee Loop Hiking Trail (Red) via Ocean-to-Lake Trail is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area near Delta, FL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Echoche (Many Deer) Trail (Yellow) & Loxahatchee Loop Hiking Trail (Red) via Ocean-to-Lake Trail
15.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 5 hr 12 min
Elevation 11–25 ft
Out & Back · Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area
Trailhead: 26.87242, -80.24605
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 4 miTurn right onto Ocean-to-Lake Trail, heading S.
- 2.7 miBear left onto Echoche (Many Deer) Trail (Yellow), heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Loxahatchee Loop Hiking Trail (Red), heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Echoche (Many Deer) Trail (Yellow), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Echoche (Many Deer) Trail (Yellow), heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Ocean-to-Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 2.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 3.9 miArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:01 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:21 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:44 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Ocean-to-Lake Trail 10.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Ocean-to-Lake Trail 13.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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