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Estero Bay Preserve State Park
4.2 ★★★★☆ 45 Google reviews · Running trail in Estero, Florida · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Estero Bay Preserve State Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
What runners say about Estero Bay Preserve State Park
Lots of exploring, trails, canoeing, rich, ecosystem!! A must for nature lovers. 🚩Check out info first, before going, there are restriction, being that its a Preserve: where u can enter, rules and private roads.
Nice trails! We did get confused between the red and yellow trails.The orange trail is easily marked however, Not many people out, which was lovely and we love that it's dog friendly!
Trails off broadway in Estero. Orange yellow and blue and great. At this time you can not finish the red trail, half is swamp, we tried the cut throughs that are off trail and you still can not finish red, very over grown, snakes, and even ran into a bear trap.
Red trail was not walkable past marker 4. What I was able to walk was well maintained but poorly marked. Use alltrails. It was a nice walk, but it was confusing and frustrating. Even to get to marker 4 was questionable
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The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- Websitefloridastateparks.org
- Phone+1 239-992-0311
Hours
| Monday | 7:30 am–8:45 pm |
| Tuesday | 7:30 am–8:45 pm |
| Wednesday | 7:30 am–8:45 pm |
| Thursday | 7:30 am–8:45 pm |
| Friday | 7:30 am–8:45 pm |
| Saturday | 7:30 am–8:45 pm |
| Sunday | 7:30 am–8:45 pm |
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