Florida's Paved Bike Trails

by Jeff Kunerth, Gretchen Kunerth

Overview

Since the release of the first edition of Florida’s Paved Bike Trails, the Sunshine State has added more than 200 miles of multiuse asphalt and concrete paths. This updated edition of the best-selling guide to bicycling in Florida adds twenty-three new trails to an already impressive roster, offering cyclists—as well as rollerbladers, joggers, and walkers—vital details on over sixty trails across Florida. From where to find parking, water, restrooms, and benches, to how to reach nearby beaches, restaurants, museums, and other attractions, the authors expertly guide readers through Florida’s beautiful terrain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813061825
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	03/01/2016
Edition description:	third edition
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	390,096
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Jeff Kunerth retired from the Orlando Sentinel after 41 years with the newspaper. He is the coauthor of Georgia Adventures: One-Day and Weekend Getaways. He and his wife, Gretchen, have together bicycled thousands of miles in Florida and Georgia since the early 1980s.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     x
Introduction     xi
How to Use This Book     xiii
Safety Tips     xv
North Florida
Blackwater Heritage State Trail     3
Timpoochee Trail     8
Blountstown Greenway Bike Path     14
Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail     18
Four Freedoms Trail     24
Nature Coast State Trail     29
Suwannee River Greenway at Branford     38
Woodpecker Trail     43
Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail     46
Black Creek Trail     51
Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail     56
Depot Avenue/Waldo Road Greenway     62
Central Florida
Withlacoochee State Trail     71
General James A. Van Fleet State Trail in the Green Swamp     81
TECO Auburndale Trail     88
Fort Fraser Trail     92
Tav-Lee Trail     97
South Lake/Lake Minneola Scenic Trail     99
West Orange Trail     105
Seminole-Wekiva Trail     115
Rinehart Road/Crossings Trail     119
Cady Way Trail     123
Cross Seminole Trail     129
Little Econ Greenway Trail     133
Spring to Spring Trail     139
Kissimmee-Neptune Road Bike Path     142
Pleasant Hill Road Recreational Pathway     149
East Coast
Flagler County Trail     155
Brevard/A1A Bike Path     161
West Coast
Withlacoochee Bay Trail     171
Cross Florida Greenway-Baseline to Marshall Swamp Trail     174
Suncoast Trail     178
Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Trail     183
Upper Tampa Bay Trail     187
Flatwoods Loop     190
Pinellas Trail     195
Fort De Soto Park Trail     205
Friendship TrailBridge     209
Bayshore Trail     213
Hammock Trail     217
Cape Haze Pioneer Trail     223
Boca Grande/Gasparilla Island Rail Trail     226
Sanibel Island Bike Paths     233
South Florida
Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail     243
Pompano Beach Air Park Bike Path     251
Palm Beach Lake Trail     254
John Prince Park Paths     261
Okeeheelee Park Paths     265
Dyer Park Paths     271
Key Biscayne/Old Cutler Road Trail     274
M-Path Bike Trail      287
South Dade Bus-Way Bike Trail     293
Shark Valley Loop     296
Florida Keys Bike Paths     302
On the Way: Future Bike Paths     325
Contacts     326
Index of Place Names     327

Editorial Reviews

Jammed with the info cyclists venturing into the unknown crave. There are simple maps that point out where to park, restrooms, water, crossroads, and ‘watch out’ places where extra caution is required along the routes.”—Gainesville Sun



“Good for those who are far from home and appreciate having few surprises on a grueling bike ride into the backcountry, even on a paved pathway.”—Outdoor Adventure Magazine



“Whether on bike, foot, in-line skate, or even horse, this trail book can help you find the paths and know what to expect when you get there, and what you might find along the way.”—Tallahassee Democrat



“Kunerth took about a year to ride the trails in the book. Sometimes, it was a matter of day trips from Orlando. Other times, he and his wife took long weekends to the Panhandle or South Florida to ride four or five trails.”—Jacksonville Times-Union



“Readers are advised where to find trendy shopping on Miami’s M-Path; where to find a bike rack at the Flagler mansion in Palm Beach (just outside the front gate), and which trail goes by the second largest nudist colony in Florida.”—Florida Bicycle Messenger

From the Publisher

This is both a portrait of Thomas Edison and a record of the vast changes to the region of Fort Myers, Fla., as it grew from a remote and unspoiled wilderness into a popular modern resort area with the attendant problems of overdevelopment and environmental damage. When Edison decided in 1885 to build a winter retreat and laboratory in Fort Myers, the region was regarded as a "frontier outpost." The local paper proudly announced Edison's decision, and the town enjoyed an economic boom as construction progressed on the inventor's compound. Edison's new second wife, young Ohio-born Mina Miller, arrived in Fort Myers in 1886 and initially found the lack of running water and abundance of bugs "miserable." But she grew to love the place and became a strong advocate for both the people and the environment. Albion, former curator of the Edison and Ford Winter Estates, writes with an eye for extraordinary as well as ordinary details, from the difficult task of lighting Fort Myers in the late 1880s to family expeditions up the Caloosahatchee River and into the Everglades. B&w illus., maps. (Oct. 5)

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