Torreya State Park, Florida

Don’t deny your inner urge to YURT at this 13,735-acre riverside getaway scattered around the streams of the Apalachicola (seriously, if you haven’t YURT-ed, you gotta get on that!). A vast forest of hardwoods blanket this park in a blazing jacket of warm colors each fall. Among this vibrant vegetation are endangered beauties such as the few-flowered croomia, feathery false lily of the valley and Canadian honewort. At Torreya, you can hike, bike, geocache or bird your way through 16 miles of gently forested trail, but remember to keep your eyes peeled for all sorts of wildlife, including black bear, eastern hognose snake, gopher tortoises, salamanders, deer, fox, bobcat, opossum and raccoons. Playgrounds, picnic tables, grills and horseshoe pits help make this park a great weekend family destination as well. When you do finally make your way over here, just promise to do us one itty, bitty little favor… YURT UP!