Brooksville, Florida Travel Information

A Place for Mermaids: Brooksville & Weeki Wachee Brooksville was a hotbed of blockade-runner activity during the Civil War, when Confederate troops counted on it to supply them with beef, pork, and salt. Each year in January, the Brooksville Raid Ci... Weeki Wachee, FL

Brooksville, Florida Brooksville is Hernando’s county seat and a bit of a historic show-off. It was established in 1856, but most of its oldest buildings were constructed around 1912. It has an old-fashioned, small-town a... Brooksville, FL

Central Gulf Coast, Western Interior, and Weeki Wachee, Florida You’ll get your exercise if you cover all eighty acres of canopies, stalls, and sheds at Webster Flea Market, one of the largest flea markets in the Southeast. Actually this flea market comprises four... Weeki Wachee, FL

Hog Island Campground Hog Island Campground is situated along the dark and alluring Withlacoochee River. Within the confines of the Withlacoochee State Forest, Hog Island enjoys the beauty of the surrounding woodland in ad... Brooksville, FL

Mutual Mine Campground This is a different campground. First, it is one of two that are only open on weekends. Plus, it is located around an abandoned phosphate mine. Don’t worry; it’s safe around here. The lake filled in a... Inverness, FL

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Gran Canyon (Distance: 0.3 mi) The approximately ten miles of singletrack in this former phosphate (also called limerock) pit can be as difficult as any in Florida. This trail is located on a privately owned farm whose owner charg...

Brooksville, FL - Mountain Biking - length:10 mi

Withlacoochee State Forest: McKethan Lake Nature Trail (Distance: 7.1 mi) Divided into eight tracts, Florida’s third-largest state forest comprises 157,479 acres and spans four counties: Citrus, Pasco, Hernando, and Sumter. Although the World Wildlife Fund has called Withla...

Brooksville, FL - Hiking - length:2 mi

Withlacoochee State Forest (Distance: 8.0 mi) Includes: Citrus Hiking Trail, Croom Tract, Hog Island Trail, Richloam Tract, Withlacoochee Nature Trails. Many of the major battles of the Second Seminole Indian War took place on these 113,431 acres...

Brooksville, FL - Hiking - length:unknown

Croom Trails, Withlacoochee State Forest (Distance: 9.4 mi) Jack Taylor at Awesome Cycles (Inverness, FL) estimates there are over 140 miles of singletrack loop both north and south of Croom Road in the Withlacoochee State Forest east of Brooksville. Accordin...

Brooksville, FL - Mountain Biking - length:55 mi

Withlacoochee State Forest (Distance: 10.5 mi) This chapter on the birding areas around the Withlacoochee State Forest includes descriptions of the bird-watching at these various destinations: Withlacoochee State Forest, McKethan Lake Day-use Area...

Brooksville, FL - Birding - length:unknown

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Brooksville Quarry Quarry Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 1264 yards, par 29 0.5 miles from center of Brooksville, Florida

Brooksville Brooksville Country Club At Majestic Oaks Public, 18 holes 6812 yards, par 72 3.0 miles from center of Brooksville, Florida

Southern Southern Hills Plantation Club Public, 18 holes 7557 yards, par 72 3.1 miles from center of Brooksville, Florida

Hernando Oaks Hernando Oaks Golf and Country Club Public, 18 holes 6905 yards, par 72 4.5 miles from center of Brooksville, Florida

Brookridge Brookridge Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6523 yards, par 72 6.2 miles from center of Brooksville, Florida

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