FLORIDA BACK ROADS TRAVEL 
Exploring Off The Beaten Path

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.

If that is your kind of Florida, subscribe to my free Florida Heritage Travel eZine for bite-sized backroads ideas and highlights from the site delivered by email.

Florida has grown fast, and a lot of what longtime residents loved has been paved over or pushed aside by traffic and sprawl.

But underneath all that change, there are still places where Florida's character is alive and well, and those are the roads (and stories) I'm here to help you discover.

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This site exists to help you experience those places: the communities, attractions, local eateries, historic sites, and scenic spots that often go unnoticed by travelers who stay on the congested interstates.

These are the roads that take you into the heart of small-town Florida, and the stories that make those roads worth traveling.

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Many of these routes were once quiet two-lane highways, but even where traffic has grown, the soul of the places along them still rewards exploration.

1. Physical Journeys: Guides to towns, parks, attractions, dining, and lodging on roads that showcase local flavor and keep you off the interstates.
   
   
2. Memory & Nostalgia: A way to revisit the Florida of earlier decades through its people, places, history, and images.

• Towns & Cities
  Listings of 200+ Florida towns and cities with things to do, history, and places to eat and stay.
  
  
• Road Trips and Day Trips
  Curated trips by theme, region, and historic routes that connect communities worth exploring.
  
  
• Attractions
  Beaches, parks, campgrounds, festivals, historic sites, and other local gems.
  
  
• Maps
  Road maps - statewide, county, and city - and vintage maps to help you plan your journey.
  
  
• Culture & History - Stories of Florida crackers, lost attractions, historic places, Florida authors, classic stories, and more.

This website has inspired me to publish many books based on its extensive content.  The image below shows many of them.

More information about these books is at
Amazon Author Central-Mike Miller

Recent Articles

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1. Waldo, Florida: A Railroad Town with an Old Florida Past

   Sep 15, 26 08:54 PM

   
   Waldo, Florida is a small city in northeastern Alachua County, about 13 miles northeast of Gainesville. U.S. Highway 301 passes through town.

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2. Cape Coral, Florida: Things To Do, Lodging, Dining, Real Estate

   Sep 15, 26 08:44 AM

   
   Cape Coral is a planned community across the Caloosahatchee River from Fort Myers in 1957. It has grown to a population of almost 180,000.

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3. Homosassa, Florida: Old Fishing Village Then and Now

   Sep 14, 26 09:06 AM

   
   Homosassa is on the river of the same name whose headwaters are in the springs of the same name.

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4. Avalon Park: Orlando Master Planned Community

   Sep 13, 26 10:15 AM

   
   Avalon Park in Orlando is a family friendly community in southeast Orlando

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5. Alva, Florida: A Quiet Town on the Caloosahatchee River

   Sep 12, 26 09:59 AM

   
   Alva Florida: watch the Caloosahatchee River flow by from a pretty little town

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6. Deseret Ranches: 295,000 Acres of Old Florida

   Sep 09, 26 05:32 PM

   
   Deseret Ranches, also known as the Mormon Ranch in Central Florida has almost 300,000 acres. Largest cow-calf cattle ranch in the United States.

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7. Port Salerno, Florida: Historic Fishing Village on Manatee Pocket

   Sep 09, 26 09:56 AM

   
   Port Salerno Florida is a historic fishing village south of Stuart. It is on the protected waters of Manatee Pocket, a natural hurricane hole.

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8. Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum: Treasure of Seminole History

   Sep 08, 26 09:43 PM

   
   The Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum near Clewiston, Florida is dedicated to preserving the history of the Seminole Tribe of Florida

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9. Princess Place Preserve - Story Behind the Name

   Sep 08, 26 09:15 AM

   
   Princess Place Preserve is a 1500 acre pristine park north of Palm Coast. Its lodge is the oldest standing structure in Flagler County.

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10. The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

    Sep 07, 26 08:57 AM

    
    The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art is located on Park Avenue in Winter Park, Florida and is a treasure chest of American art.

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