What to Look For on Myakka’s Canopy Walkway The walkway is one of the park’s most popular attractions. By Ilene Denton November 29, 2017 Published in the December 2017 issue of Sarasota Magazine ...

Visitors walk across the bridge leading to the 400-foot canopy tower at Myakka River State Park, in Sarasota.

The Myakka Canopy Walkway, an 85-foot-long boardwalk suspended 25 feet above the ground, is the highlight of any trip to this state park. Make sure you climb the tower at the end of the suspension ...

Visitors move across the canopy walk — a 100-foot-long bridge 25 feet above the ground — at Myakka River State Park. (John Briley/For The Washington Post) ...

Powdery white sand beaches and crystal-clear blue water await in Sarasota.

Many have taken a spin on the Upper Myakka Lake aboard the Gator Gal or Myakka Maiden airboats, or strolled the canopy walk suspension bridge. You can go home satisfied after any of those experiences.

Margaret Lowman, known world-wide as "Canopy Meg" for her tireless efforts to save global forests and the visionary behind the creation of the canopy walkway in Florida's Myakka River State Park ...

Explore your home state with this day trip adventure to Myakka River State Park in Sarasota. And do it before Florida's heat wave convinces you not to.

Myakka River in Myakka River State Park. Initially I was petrified at the thought of being in a body of water with alligators, but then I realized I didn’t sign up for this kayak trip to see birds.

The county plans to acquire access to almost 100,000 acres of preserves, reserves, state parks and other natural areas to attract more ecotourism.

For commanding views above the forest of Myakka River State Park, visitors can climb the stairs of this 74-foot tower, which stands at one end of a 100-foot-long canopy walkway that runs through ...

I am with my two kids, Kai, 8, and Christina, 5, and my sister Gina and her 5-year-old son Quincy, in Florida’s Myakka River State Park. It’s a moss-and-vine-draped domain of birds, mammals ...