Beker was a challenge to find and truth be told, I am not really sure I ever found it! I am pretty sure they were still in development of this park when I began my search. The GPS took me to a property owned by Dole that had scary warning signs posted up all over. I drove for a bit in search of these trails the book talked about and I just could not find them. Eventually I did find some trails that were marked as Florida State but none of them said Beker.
As the year went on I was back in the area so I thought I would give it another try to at least feel like I had completed my goal of visiting the state park. I was led right back to the same Dole sign and I just gave up. I am not much of a hiker anyhow so I figured, what the hell, I would just cross this off of the list and move on with my life.
It seems that sometime later Beker was actually separated into two separate parks – Wingate Creek and South Fork. If you would like to check them out, I would suggest pulling up the websites for the latest park information.
Wingate Creek: https://www.floridastateparks.org/index.php/parks-and-trails/wingate-creek-state-park
South Fork: https://www.floridastateparks.org/index.php/parks-and-trails/south-fork-state-park
