Hiking South Florida and the Keys: A Guide to the Area’s Greatest Hiking Adventures

Hiking South Florida and the Keys describes 39 hikes designed to highlight some of the best natural areas throughout the region.

M. Timothy O’Keefe, head of the Journalism division at the University of Central Florida, has published 13 books, over 1,000 magazine articles and more than 5,000 photographs. His work has appeared in several National Geographic books, National Geographic Traveler, Time-Life Books, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Scientific American, Travel & Leisure, Caribbean Travel & Life, Reader’s Digest Magazine, and Reader’s Digest Books.

O’Keefe’s writing and photography have won more than 50 regional and national awards. The Florida Outdoor Writer’s Association (FOWA) named his Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year: Florida with Georgia and Alabama Coasts ＂Best Book＂ of 1997. The following year, FOWA named The Spicy Camp Cookbook (Menasha Ridge Press) as the ＂Best Book＂ of 1998.

Tampa Bay Magazine has called him ＂Florida’s premier wildlife photographer and writer.＂