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Running trails in Fort Myers Beach, FL
Fort Myers Beach has 3 trails in the directory — 1 on crushed gravel or dirt and 2 boardwalk. 1 of them posts opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 10,370 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Lovers Key State Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 7,495 reviews
Once secluded beach now accessible by boardwalk & tram is home to manatees, dolphins & bald eagles.
Bowditch Point Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 2,324 reviews
Nature preserve & recreation area with panoramic bay views, trails & access to a swimming beach.
Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve
4.6 ★★★★★ 551 reviews
Opened in 1966, Florida's first aquatic preserve offers miles of hiking trails, wildlife & kayaking.
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How to pick a trail in Fort Myers Beach
- Match the surface to your legs. Fort Myers Beach gives you a choice: 2 boardwalk and 1 natural surface. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More boardwalk trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? A loop finishes back at the car with no backtracking; on an out-and-back you simply turn round at half your distance.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. Plenty of trails sit inside parks that gate at dusk and don't unlock until well after sunrise, so a trail that's perfect at lunchtime can be locked at 6am. 1 of the 3 listing carries posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 3 have trailhead parking and 3 have restrooms in Fort Myers Beach. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 3 that runners describe as quiet, 1 dog-friendly, and 2 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
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