List of paved Florida bike trails

This is a list of paved Florida bike trails. Included in the list are cities that have won awards from the League of American Bicyclists as being a Bicycle Friendly Community.

Bicycle-friendly community award winners

Silver level

Bronze level

Paved bike trails by area

Florida Keys

Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail [20] - Florida Keys

Gainesville

Gainesville's trails are connected, and the Waldo Road Greenway, Depot Avenue Trail, Downtown Connector, and Gainesville-Hawthorne trail can be used to provide a 22-mile (35 km) continuous bike trail from the Gainesville Regional Airport to Hawthorne.

Gainesville-Depot Avenue Trail [21] - Gainesville - 2.1 miles (3.4 km), paved
Gainesville-Downtown Connector [22] Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine - Gainesville - 1.8 miles (2.9 km), paved (under construction)
Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park [23] - Gainesville - 16 miles (26 km), paved (asphalt 10’ wide)
Kermit-Sigmon Trail [24] - Gainesville - Paved
Gainesville-Waldo Road Greenway [25] - Gainesville - 2.6 miles (4.2 km), paved

Jacksonville area

Amelia Island Trail [26] - Amelia Island - 6.2 miles (10.0 km), paved (asphalt 10’ wide)
Black Creek Trail [27] - Orange Park, Green Cove Springs - 8 miles (13 km), paved (asphalt 10’ wide)
Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail [28] - Jacksonville, Baldwin - 14.5 miles (23.3 km), paved (asphalt 12’ wide)
Jekyll Island Trail System [29] - Jekyll Island, Georgia - approximately 25 miles (40 km) in five looped paths; paved
Keystone Heights multi-use path [30] - Keystone Heights - 5.5 miles (8.9 km), paved (asphalt 10’ wide)

Miami Area

Metropath - 10.5 miles (16.9 km), paved connected to the South Dade Rail Trail
South Dade Rail Trail - a multi-purpose 20.5 miles (33.0 km) asphalt trail from Miami to Homestead, Florida

Orlando area

Baldwin Park Trail [31] - Orlando - 4.5 miles (7.2 km), paved
Cady Way Trail [32] - Orlando - 6.3 miles (10.1 km), paved
Candyland Park Trail [33] - Longwood
Citrus Trail [34] - Seminole County
Country Club Trail [35] - Sanford
Cross Seminole Trail [36] - Seminole County
E. E. Williamson Trail [37] - Sanford
Lake Minneola Scenic Trail and Clermont Trail [38] - Clermont, Orlando - 3.1 miles (5.0 km), paved
Little Econ Greenway [39] - Orlando - 7.25 miles (11.67 km), paved
Kewannee Trail [40] - Casselberry
Rinehart Road to Riverwalk Connector [41] - Sanford
Riverwalk Trail [42] - Sanford
Seminole Wekiva Trail [43] - Altamonte Springs
South Lake Trail [44] - Clermont
West Orange Trail [45] - Oakland, Winter Garden, Apopka - 22 miles (35 km), paved
Wirz Park Trail [46]- Casselberry

Pensacola area

Pensacola Beach Trail - Pensacola Beach - 6 miles (9.7 km), paved (asphalt 8’ wide)

Tallahassee area

Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail [47] - 20.5 miles (32.9 km) paved
Tallahassee-Georgia Florida and Alabama (GF&A) Trail [48] - 2.4 miles (3.9 km) paved

Tampa Bay area

Bayshore Linear Park Trail [49] Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine - Tampa - 4.5 miles (7.2 km), paved (10' wide)
Friendship Trail Bridge [50] - Tampa, Pinellas County - Believed to be the world's longest over-water recreation trail at 2.6 miles (4.2 km), paved (concrete 30' wide) (Trail closed 11/6/08, due to bridge safety concerns)
Good Neighbor Trail [51] - From Brooksville to Croom
Pinellas Trail [52] - Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Dunedin - 34 miles (55 km), paved
Suncoast Trail [53] - Tampa, New Port Richey, Land O' Lakes, Brooksville - 41.3 miles/non-motorized paved trail
Upper Tampa Bay Trail [54] - Tampa - Over 8 miles (13 km) are currently completed; non-motorized paved trail
Flatwoods Park Trail [55] - Tampa - 8+ miles, paved

Other areas

A1A Bicycle and Pedestrian Path [56] - Flagler County - 19.5 miles (31.4 km), paved (concrete 10' wide)
Auburndale TECO Trail [57] - City of Auburndale, Polk County
Bear Creek Nature Trail [58] - Winter Springs
Blackwater Heritage State Trail [59] - Milton - 8.5 miles (13.7 km), paved
Blountstown Greenway Bike Path [60] - Blountstown area
Boca Grande Bike Path - Boca Grande - 6.5 miles (10.5 km), paved
Brevard/A1A Bike Path - Melbourne Beach
Cape Haze Pioneer Trail [61] - Port Charlotte
Chain of Lakes Trail [62]
Cross Town Trail [63] - Crystal River
Fort Fraser Trail [64] - Bartow to Lakeland
General James A. Van Fleet State Trail [65] - Mabel, Polk City, Lakeland - 29.2 miles (47.0 km), paved
John Yarbrough Linear Park - Fort Myers - 6 miles (9.7 km), paved
Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail [66]
Legacy Trail [67] - Sarasota, Venice - 12.4 miles (20.0 km), paved
Nature Coast State Trail [68] - Cross City, Old Town, Fanning Springs, Chiefland, Trenton
Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail [69]
Spring to Spring Trail [70] - West Volusia County - 15 miles (24 km), paved
Suwannee River Greenway at Branford [71] - Branford, Lake City, Live Oak, High Springs - 12 miles (19 km), paved (10' wide)
University Boulevard/Research Way Trail [72] - Lakeland
Venetian Waterway Park [73] - Venice - 9.3 miles (15.0 km), paved
Withlacoochee State Trail [74] - Trilby, Croom, Floral City, Inverness, Citrus Springs, Gulf Junction - 46 miles (74 km), paved
Withlacoochee Bay Trail [75] - Yankeetown, Inglis - 5 miles (8.0 km), paved

References

Florida Greenways and Trails Guide
Florida's Paved Bike Trails - An Eco-Tour Guide - Jeff Kunerth and Gretchen Kunerth (ISBN 081301851X)

External links