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Florida Bicycle Trails (PDFDrive)
Florida Bicycle Trails (PDFDrive)
Bicycle Trails
A Guide to Florida’s
Top Paved and
Off-Road Trails
Paradise on Wheels
Florida is a bicyclist’s paradise,
offering entry to some of the
state’s best-kept secrets. Inviting
weather year-round, unique wildlife,
breathtaking coastal vistas, lush
natural areas, and quaint downtowns
and small towns can all be found
on the paved and off-road trails
described in this brochure.
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2. Timpoochee Trail
This trail is a popular path through the
Beaches of South Walton. Named
after Timpoochee Kinnard, the most
influential Indian Chief of the Euchee
Indians, this paved path parallels Scenic
Highway 30-A, surveying the sugar-sand
beaches and emerald green waters of
the Gulf. The path winds through 7 of Phot o Credit : Beaches of Sout h W alton and Walton Count y TDC
13 distinct beach communities, with Topsail Preserve State Park
unique coastal names such as Dune found near Timpoochee
Allen, Blue Mountain, Grayton Beach,
Santa Rosa Beach, Watercolor, Seaside and Water Sound. From
migrating flocks of birds to blooming wildflowers and trees, this
breezy coastal ride showcases nature’s beauty all year long.
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3. Dutch & Faye and Crooked Creek Trails
Just north of Panama City, Pine Log was the first State Forest
purchased in 1936. Various natural communities found in the
forest include sandhills, flatwoods and cypress ponds. The forest
has three streams (Pine Log Creek, Little Crooked Creek and
Ditch Branch) as well as several small lakes and ponds. Pine Log
Forest is home to the Dutch & Faye and the Crooked Creek
trails, which are primarily single-track with good elevation
changes, comprising some of the best off-road riding in the state.
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6. Big Shoals Public Lands Trails
This more than 4,000-acre area is
bordered by the town of W hite
Springs. Big Shoals is best known
for its namesake, a one-mile
stretch of rapids on the Suwannee
River formed by water coursing
over a limestone bed with rocky
outcroppings. Riding in this area
offers intermediate to expert Big Shoals - Suwannee Rapids
bicyclists varied terrain with scenic
vistas from high river bluffs. Big Shoals offers a mixture of sandhill
and hammock roads and single-track trails. The paved Woodpecker
Trail connects the two parking areas, and cyclists often visit Little
Shoals, a smaller set of rapids, while in the area.
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8. Jacksonville-Baldwin Trail
This rail trail offers a sense of seclusion cyclists might not
expect from a trail that starts about five miles from downtown
Jacksonville. The path traverses a range of natural habitats
that include pine flatwoods, wetlands and hardwood uplands.
Songbirds, hawks, wild turkey and white-tailed deer are frequently
seen. A leafy canopy of oak, pine, maple and sumac shades the
trail, and in certain locations, on a sunny day, gives the illusion
of traveling in a tunnel. The trail also crosses McGirts Creek
near Camp Milton, the longest continually occupied Civil War
encampment in Florida. Camp Milton Historic Preserve offers
educational exibits of the area’s participation during the Civil War,
including a historic tree trail. Restroom facilities are available at the
trail’s midway point, Camp Milton Historic Preserve.
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10. San Felasco Hammock Preserve
State Park Trails
Just south of Alachua, San Felasco Hammock is named for a
17th century Spanish missionary, San Francisco de Potano who
ministered to the Indians living here centuries ago. Early settlers
mispronounced the name until the area became known as San
Felasco. Trails in the southern part of the park are reserved for
hikers, but the northernmost 2,000 acres accommodate nearly
20 miles of single-track for the experienced cyclist. Terrain in the
grassy woodlands and old-growth forest has been sculpted by
ravines and sinkholes.
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14. Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida
Greenway and Santos Trails
Stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to
the St. Johns River, the Cross Florida
Greenway occupies much of the land
formerly known as the Cross Florida
Barge Canal. The multi-use trail corridor
passes by communities such as Ocala,
Belleview, Palatka, Inglis and Dunnellon.
The greenway includes America’s first land
bridge, a wildlife crossing over Interstate
75 just south of Ocala. The land bridge
is one of the first multi-use bridges of its
kind, landscaped with native vegetation,
Santos Trails
including longleaf pine, sandhill and sand
live oak. The greenway offers an array of
trails and recreation areas for all visitors.
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17. Cady Way Trail
This multi-use urban trail runs from the Fashion Square Mall
in Orlando to Cady Way Park in W inter Park. The trail passes
Baldwin Park, a community with architecture reminiscent of
the pre-1940s era in Central Florida. The trail also passes the
spectacular homes of W inter Park and a golf course. An oak-tree
canopy provides shade on portions of the trail.
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www.floridagreenwaysandtrails.com
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21. Upper Tampa Bay Trail
This paved trail winds its way from the quaint community of Town
‘N Country to suburban Citrus Park. The path follows a former
railroad corridor, crossing Rocky Creek by way of a wooden
suspension trail bridge built on top of the original railroad bridge
timbers, and affords a view of the CSX railroad trestle. Other
points of interest along the trail include the Town ‘N Country
Preserve, Town ‘N Country YMCA, the Citrus Park Town Center
(shopping) and Ballyhoos restaurant.
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25. Gasparilla Island-Boca Grande Trail
This first paved rail trail built
in Florida runs the length of
Gasparilla Island through the
town of Boca Grande. The
railroad it replaced once brought
phosphates from the mainland
to the deepwater por t on the
southern tip of the island. Ride
by stately homes, retail shops
and swaying palms. The terrain
Gasparilla Island - Boca Grande Trail
is flat, the vegetation is lush
and there’s always something
interesting to see, such as
gopher tor toises crossing the trail. Gasparilla Island State
Park, at the southern terminus of the trail, is home to the
Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum.
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29. Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
The Florida Keys were connected in 1912 by Henry Flagler’s
Florida Overseas Railway, which was the basis for today’s
Overseas Highway and bicycle trail. The paved path runs through
the small Keys communities, takes in views of shimmering Gulf
and ocean waters and pauses for a breather at benches and picnic
tables. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the nation’s first
undersea park, can be found along the way. The 61-mile trail will
eventually grow to 106.5 miles long, extending the entire length
of the Keys. Although not yet contiguous, the current length is
still worth the ride.
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy:
www.railtrails.org
VISIT FLORIDA:
www.VISITFLORIDA.com
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