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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- A town worth a detour
- A backroad you can actually drive
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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.
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The Florida Georgia game is one of the nation's oldest football rivalries. It is played in Jacksonville, supposedly neutral territory. -
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Wauchula, Florida is a small historic town in the heart of vast Florida agricultural and cattle lands. -
Famous Floridians: They Had An Impact on the State
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Famous Floridians include pioneers and historic figures who helped shape the state before they passed away. -
Destin Florida: The World's Luckiest Fishing Village
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Destin Florida was a sleepy fishing village until the 1970s. Since then it has boomed with development. -
Gulfport, Florida: Charming Old City in Busy St. Petersburg Area
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Gulfport is a surprising piece of Old Florida in the middle of an urban area next to St Petersburg.
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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.
