Bicycles are welcome at De Soto National Memorial. Bicycles may be used on the road and in the parking lot. For the safety of our pedestrian visitors, bicycles are not allowed on the shell trails, in the encampment, on the grass, and nor on the sidewalks adjacent to the Visitor Center. Bike racks have been provided at the picnic area for the convenience of all who arrive at the park by bicycle.
Did You Know? The men of Hernando de Soto's 1539 expedition to La Florida learned the hard way that Native American warriors could load and fire their long bows with deadly accuracy nearly a dozen times in the period required to load and fire the clumsy arquebus musket once. Visit De Soto National Memorial. more...