Rails To Trails

from Boca Raton Bicycle Times November 1996

EXISTING-TRAILS:

length/type of surface/date trail opened (if known)

West Orange Trail, Phase 1: 4.6 miles/paved/ September 1994
From Winter Garden west to the Lake County line for info, call: 407/672-3880

Cady Way Trail: 3.5 miles/paved
From Ward Park southwest to the Fashion Square Mall for info, call: 407/246-2775

Withlacoochee Trail: 47 miles/paved/November 1995
From Trilby northwest to Citrus Springs for info, call: 904/394-2280

Van Fleet Trail: 29 miles/paved & packed gravel
From Polk City north to Mabel for info, call: 904/394-2280

Pinellas Trail: 47 miles/paved/1988
From Tarpon Springs south to St. Petersburg for info, call-. 813/464-4751 or fax: 813/464-4155

Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail: 17 miles/hard-packed limerock
From Boulware Springs in Gainesville east to Hawthorne for info, call: 904/466-3397

The Florida State Office of Greenways and Trails is working toward the creation of a 200 mile Central Florida Loop by the year 2000.

TRAILS IN THE WORKS:

Length/surface/tentatively scheduled to open

Seminole-Wekiva Trail: 14 miles/paved/1997
From hwys 434 & 436 north to Sylvan Lake Park area near hwy 46 for info, call Seminole County Planning: 407/321-1130, ext.7371

West Orange Trail, Phase II: 12 miles/paved/1997
From Winter Garden north to Apopka

West Orange Trail, Phase III:
From Apopka east to Wekiva Springs State Park for info, call: 407/836-4206

West Orange-Cross Seminole Connector (Phase IV):
From Wekiva Springs State Park north and east to Sylvan Lake Park for info, call: 407/321-1130, ext.7371

Little Econ Greenway-.
From Fashion Square Mall east to the Univ. of Cent'l Florida for info, call: 407/836-4206

State Road 13 Trail: 13 miles
for info, call: 407/767-5012

South Lake Trail:
From Clermont northeast to Minneola: 3.5 miles/paved/ 1996 From Minneola west to the West Orange Trail: 5 miles/paved/1998 for info, call: 904/324-3077

Cross-Seminole Trail: 15 miles/paved/1998
From Seminole-Orange Co. line at Aloma northeast to Oviedo, then northwest to the Spring Hammock Preserve for info, call: 407/366-6086

The Bob Sonnenberg Blue Line Trail: 4.5 miles/paved/1998
From Maitland Blvd & Keller Road south and east to the Maitland Art Center on Lake Lily for info, call: 407/246-2775

Dinky Line: 1.25 miles/paved/1998
From Orange & Marks Streets northeast to Loch Haven Park for info, call: 407/246-2775

Lake Fran/Dr. Smith Center:
for info, call 407/246-2775

Mead Garden to Cady Way's Ward Park: 5 miles/1998
for info, call: 407/246-2775


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