List of rail trails in Florida explained

This list of rail trails in Florida lists former railroad rights-of-way in the State of Florida that have been converted to rail trails for public use.

Trails

Trail nameLengthLocationOriginal Rail Road
Auburndale TECO TrailPolk CountyFlorida Western and Northern Railroad (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
Blackwater Heritage State Trail9.6milesSanta Rosa CountyFlorida and Alabama Railroad (Bagdad Land and Lumber Company)[1]
Blountstown Greenway Bike Path3.4milesCalhoun CountyMarianna and Blountstown Railroad[2]
Boca Grande Bike Path6.5milesGasparilla Island and Boca Grande, FloridaCharlotte Harbor and Northern Railway (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
Cady Way Trail6.5milesOrange CountyEast Florida and Atlantic Railroad (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
Cape Haze Pioneer Trail11.5milesCharlotte CountyCharlotte Harbor and Northern Railway (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
Chain of Lakes Trail4.7miles Polk CountySouth Florida Railroad--Bartow Branch (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Cross Seminole Trail23milesSeminole CountySanford and Indian River Railroad (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Cross Town TrailCitrus CountySilver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
East Central Regional Rail TrailVolusia and Brevard CountiesAtlantic Coast, St. Johns and Indian River Railroad (Florida East Coast Railroad)[3]
Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail106miles Monroe CountyOverseas Railroad (Florida East Coast Railroad)
Fort Fraser Trail7.75miles Polk CountyLakeland—Fort Myers Line (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Fountain Lake TrailLake CountyLeesburg and Indian River Railroad and Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
Four Freedoms Trail12miles Madison CountyFlorida Midland and Georgia Railroad (Valdosta Southern Railroad)
Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park16miles Florida Southern Railway (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
General James A. Van Fleet State Trail29.2miles Polk, Lake, and Sumter CountiesFlorida Western and Northern Railroad (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
Good Neighbor Trail10.7miles Florida Southern Railway -- Brooksville Branch (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Hardy Trail1milesPasco CountyFlorida Central and Peninsular Railroad (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
Heritage TrailSuwannee CountyLive Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)[4] [5]
Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail26miles Duval CountyJacksonville and Southwestern Railroad (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
John Yarbrough Linear Park6miles Lee CountyLakeland—Fort Myers Line (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Lake Denham TrailSumter and Lake CountiesAtlantic Coast Line Railroad -- High Springs—Croom Line
Legacy Trail18.5milesSarasota CountyFlorida West Shore Railway (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
Monticello Bike Trail3.1milesJefferson CountyPerry Cutoff (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)[6]
Nature Coast State Trail31.7milesDixie, Gilchrist, and Levy CountiesJacksonville and Southwestern Railroad extension and Perry Cutoff (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
O'Leno to Ichetucknee TrailColumbia CountyLive Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)[7] [8]
Palatka-Lake Butler State TrailUnion, Bradford, Clay, and Putnam CountiesGeorgia Southern and Florida Railway (Southern Railway)
Palatka-to-St. Augustine State Trail19milesPutnam and St. Johns CountiesFlorida East Coast Railroad -- Palatka Branch[9]
Pinellas Trail45milesPinellas County
Punta Gorda Linear Park1milesCharlotte CountyFlorida Southern Railway (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Seminole-Wekiva Trail3.3milesSeminole CountyOrange Belt Railway (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
South Dade Rail Trail20.5milesMiami-Dade CountyFlorida East Coast Railway
South Lake Trail13milesLake CountyOrange Belt Railway (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Suwannee River Greenway12.5milesSuwannee CountyLive Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)[10]
Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail16milesLeon and Wakulla CountiesTallahassee Railroad (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
Tav Lee TrailLeesburg to EustisSt. Johns and Lake Eustis Railway (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Upper Tampa Bay Trail7.25miles Hillsborough CountyTampa and Gulf Coast Railroad-Tarpon Springs Branch (Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
West Orange Trail22milesOrange CountyOrange Belt Railway (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Withlacoochee State Trail46milesPasco, Hernando, and Citrus CountiesSilver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad and Florida Southern Railway (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.100floridatrails.com/trails/blackwater-heritage-state-trail.htm Blackwater Heritage State Trail (100 Florida Trails)
  2. Web site: Blountstown Greenway Bike Path | Florida Trails . TrailLink.com . 2023-07-25.
  3. https://www.volusia.org/core/fileparse.php/6094/urlt/ECRRT.pdf East Central Regional Rail Trail (Volusia County Parks)
  4. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Heritage+Trail/@30.2907707,-82.9780798,998m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m5!3m4!2zMzDCsDE3JzQwLjAiTiA4MsKwNTknMDkuMCJX!8m2!3d30.294444!4d-82.985833!3m5!1s0x88eede627bc295c9:0xdf79c2fd262a8be0!8m2!3d30.2936521!4d-82.9781546!16s%2Fg%2F11bbrj7gkd?hl=en&entry=ttu Heritage Trail - Live Oak, Florida (GoogleMaps)
  5. https://www.touristplaces.info/live-oak-fl/heritage-trail/ Heritage Trail; Live Oak, Florida (TouristPlaces.info)
  6. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/florida/monticello-bike-trail Monticello Bike Trail (AllTrails)
  7. Web site: Suwannee River Greenway | Suwannee Parks and Recreation . Suwanneeparks.com . 2016-09-17.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20160825210233/http://www.yellowbelliedsliders.org/I-O%20map.pdf Ichetucknee to O'Leno Bicycle Trail (Yellow Bellied Sliders Bicycling Society)
  9. Web site: Palatka-to-St. Augustine State Trail . Trail Link . January 19, 2020.
  10. Web site: Suwannee River Greenway | Suwannee Parks and Recreation . Suwanneeparks.com . 2016-09-17.