The Lake to Ocean (L20) is without a doubt the best scenic trail in South Florida. An Iconic trail that traverses from the east end of Lake Okeechobee all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. An official offshoot of the Florida Trail, the L2O trail runs nearly a perfect 100k. It is overseen by the Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association. This is without a doubt the most diverse and scenic trail in all of south Florida. It passes through 6 official management areas, DuPuis WMA, J.W. Corbett's WMA, Hungryland Slough NA, Loxahatchee Slough NA, Riverbend Park, Cypress Creek NA and Jonathan Dickinson State Park. The trail is marked by orange blazes both eastbound and westbound. The trail passes through farm fields, Florida pine forests, deep water logged cypress stands, sand dunes and it all culminates at the beach! Often times large sections of the trail are drowned in calf deep water, and very little shade can be found outside of the cypress stands, a true south Florida challenge!
- Submitted by Bjorn Syse
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I'm thinking of doing a self-supported attempt in the next few weeks, aiming for under 14 hours. If that goes well then probably an unsupported attempt when the weather cools down. I'm considering doing an unsupported attempt first, but with this heat I don't know how much filtered water I feel safe consuming!
I completed my attempt shortly after posting this, but I ended missing a half mile section of trail along the canals by mistake so it doesn't feel right so submit my time.
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The overall time was a little over 16hrs. Nothing amazing, the heat actually slowed me down tremendously, but it was an extremely fun adventure. I'll be taking another shot at the route later this year.
I’ll be doing an unsupported attempt on 2-23-24 starting at lake O at 5:30am.Â