Florida Bike Trails and Paths

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Florida Bike Trails and Paths

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This is a list of Florida bicycle trails and paths for people seeking bike rides in the Sunshine State. The focus is on paved trails and paths. Included in the list are cities that have won awards from the League of American Bicyclists as being a Bicycle Friendly Community.

Florida Bicycle Friendly Community award winners (2006)

Silver level

* Gainesville

Bronze level

* Boca Raton

* Orlando

* St. Petersburg

Florida bike paths and trails by area

Florida Keys

* Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail - Florida Keys

Gainesville

* Gainesville-Depot Avenue Trail - Gainesville - 2.1 miles, paved

* Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park - Gainesville - 16 miles paved (asphalt 10’ wide)

* Gainesville-Waldo Road Greenway - Gainesville - 2.6 miles, paved

Jacksonville - St. Augustine - Flagler area

* A1A Bicycle and Pedestrian Path - Flagler County - 19.5 miles, paved (concrete 10' wide)

* Black Creek Trail - Orange Park - 8 miles, paved (asphalt 10’ wide)

* Jacksonville-Baldwin Trail - Jacksonville, Baldwin - 14.5 miles, paved (asphalt 12’ wide)

Orlando area

* Cady Way Trail - Orlando - 3.5 miles, paved

* Candyland Park Trail - Longwood

* Citrus Trail - Seminole County

* Country Club Trail - Sanford

* Cross Seminole Trail - Seminole County

* E. E. Williamson Trail - Sanford

* General James A. Van Fleet State Trail - Clermont, Polk City, Lakeland - 29.2 miles, paved

* Lake Minneola Scenic Trail and Clermont Trail - Clermont, Orlando - 3.1 miles, paved

* Little Econ Greenway - Orlando - 4.5 miles, paved

* Kewannee Trail - Casselberry

* Rinehart Road to Riverwalk Connector - Sanford

* Riverwalk Trail - Sanford

* Seminole Wekiva Trail - Altamonte Springs

* West Orange Trail - Oakland, Winter Garden, Apopka - 22 miles, paved

* Wirz Park Trail

Pensacola area

* Pensacola Beach Trail - Pensacola Beach - 6 miles, paved (asphalt 8’ wide)

Tampa Bay area

* Bayshore Linear Park Trail - Tampa - 4.5 miles, paved (10' wide)

* Friendship TrailBridge - Tampa, Pinellas County - Believed to be the world's longest over-water recreation trail at 2.6 miles, paved (concrete 30' wide)

* Pinellas Trail - Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Dunedin - 34 miles, paved

* Suncoast Trail - Tampa, New Port Richey, Land O' Lakes, Brooksville - 41.3 miles/non-motorized paved trail

* Upper Tampa Bay Trail - Tampa - 4 miles are currently completed; non-motorized paved trail

Other areas

* Bear Creek Nature Trail - Winter Springs

* Blackwater Heritage State Trail - Milton

* Brevard/A1A Bike Path - Melbourne Beach

* Cape Haze Pioneer Trail - Port Charlotte

* Gasparilla Island-Boca Grande Trail - Port Charlotte, Venice

* Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail

* Nature Coast State Trail - Fanning Springs

* Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail

* Suwannee River Greenway at Branford - Branford, Lake City, Live Oak, High Springs - 12 miles, paved (10' wide)

* Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail

* Withlacoochee State Trail - Floral City, Inverness, Citrus Springs, Gulf Junction - 46 miles, paved

Links

* Bicycle Friendly Community

* Rails-to-Trails Conservancy