FLORIDA BACKROADS TRAVEL
BY Mike Miller Updated September 24, 2026
Florida Back Roads Travel helps you find the towns, day trips, backroad drives, local eats, historic places, and small surprises that most travelers miss when they stick to the interstates.
Florida has grown fast, but there are still places where the old character is alive. These are the roads and stories this site exists to share.
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What you'll get
- A town worth a detour
- A backroad you can actually drive
- A local place to eat
- Some Old Florida history & memories
Florida Backroads Travel has two meanings
1. Physical journeys: towns, parks, dining, lodging, off the interstates
2. Memory and nostalgia: the Florida of earlier decades
Mike Miller has lived in Florida since 1960, worked as a civil engineer across the state, driven more than 2 million Florida back-road miles, and written 25 books from this website. Thousands already get the free morning email.
Recent Articles
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Site Map: All About Florida Back Roads Travel
Nov 05, 26 08:28 PM
Things to do in Florida on this list are from the site map of the website FloridaBackroadsTravel.com. -
Donnelly House
Nov 05, 26 08:27 PM
Donnelly House is the home of Mount Dora's first mayor, John Donnelly. -
Doc Webb Owned the World's Most Unusual Drug Store
Nov 05, 26 06:46 PM
Doc Webb dreamed up Wal-Mart even before Sam Walton did. Webb's City was an incredible one stop store in St. Petersburg. -
SS Copenhagen: Wreck For Diving Off Lauderdale by the Sea
Nov 05, 26 04:02 PM
SS Copenhagen was a ship sank off the shore of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea more than 100 years ago. -
Macclenny, Florida. Small Town West of Jacksonville
Nov 04, 26 09:37 AM
Macclenny, Florida is a small town west of Jacksonville that has an Old Florida atmosphere.
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Florida Back Roads Travel is not affiliated with or endorsed by Backroads, a California-based tour operator which arranges and conducts travel programs throughout the world.
