Withlacoochee State Trail

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Withlacoochee State Trail
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Withlacoochee State Trail
Location: Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties, USA
Nearest city: Dunnellon / Trilby
Coordinates: 28°31′23″N, 82°13′05″W
Area: 46 mile length
Governing body: Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Withlacoochee State Trail is a 46 miles long and paved trail and recreation area, usable for hiking, biking, and horse riding. It crosses three counties (Citrus, Hernando and Pasco).

[edit] The route

The southern terminus is at U.S. 98/301 south of Trilby, then runs 6 miles north where it crosses over SR 50, a mile east of I-75, and 40 miles north, past the Silver Lake Campground, through the Withlacoochee State Forest, close to the Withlacoochee River. Continuing north through Floral City, Inverness, Citrus Springs, the trail ends at Gulf Junction just south of Dunnellon. There is access available to Fort Cooper State Park from the trail as well.

Parking for the trail is located off C.R. 575 / Trilby Trailhead, S.R. 50 Trailhead, Silver Lake Campround, Townsen Lake Regional Park off C.R. 476, Desoto Trail Kiosk off U.S. 41, Wallace Brooks Park in Inverness, South Citrus Springs Trailhead and North Citrus Springs Trailhead.

[edit] Hours

Florida state parks are open between 8 A.M. and sundown every day of the year (including holidays).

[edit] References and external links


Protected Areas of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
State Parks

Amelia Island | Anastasia | Avalon | Bahia Honda | Bald Point | Big Lagoon | Big Talbot Island | Bill Baggs Cape Florida | Bulow Creek | Caladesi Island | Camp Helen | Cayo Costa | Collier-Seminole | Curry Hammock | Delnor-Wiggins Pass | Devil's Millhopper | Don Pedro Island | Eden Gardens | Egmont Key | Falling Waters | Faver-Dykes | Florida Caverns | Fort Clinch | Fort Cooper | Fort George Island | Fort Pierce Inlet | Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou | Gasparilla Island | George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier | Highlands Hammock | Hontoon Island | Hugh Taylor Birch | John D. MacArthur Beach | John Pennekamp Coral Reef | John U. Lloyd Beach | Jonathan Dickinson | Little Talbot Island | Long Key | Lovers Key / Carl E. Johnson | Mike Roess Gold Head Branch | Navarre Beach | North Peninsula | O'Leno | Oscar Scherer | Ravine Gardens | River Bluff Picnic Site | Sebastian Inlet | Skyway Fishing Pier | St. George Island | St. Joseph Peninsula | Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center | Stump Pass Beach | Tomoka | Torreya | Windley Key Fossil Reef |

Botanical

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens | Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock | Lignumvitae Key | Washington Oaks State Gardens |

Lakes, Rivers and Springs

Deer Lake | Lake Griffin | Lake June in Winter Scrub | Lake Kissimmee | Lake Louisa | Lake Manatee | Lake Talquin | Alafia River | Blackwater River | Econfina River | Guana River | Hillsborough River | Little Manatee River | Myakka River | Ochlockonee River | Silver River | Suwannee River | Blue Spring | De Leon Springs | Edward Ball Wakulla Springs | Fanning Springs | Homosassa Springs Wildlife | Ichetucknee Springs | Lafayette Blue Springs | Madison Blue Springs | Manatee Springs | Peacock Springs | Rainbow Springs | Troy Springs | Wekiwa Springs | Werner-Boyce Salt Springs |

Recreation areas

Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek | Dead Lakes | Dunns Creek | Gamble Rogers Memorial | Grayton Beach | Henderson Beach | Honeymoon Island | Oleta River | Perdido Key | Ponce de Leon Springs | St. Andrews | Three Rivers |

Museums, Historic sites, and Archaeological sites

Cedar Key Museum | Constitution Convention Museum | Forest Capital Museum | John Gorrie State Museum | Ybor City Museum
The Barnacle | Bulow Plantation Ruins | Dade Battlefield | DeSoto Site | Dudley Farm | Fort Foster | Fort Mose | Fort Zachary Taylor | Gamble Plantation | Indian Key | Koreshan | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Homestead | Natural Bridge Battlefield | Olustee Battlefield | Orman House | Paynes Creek | San Marcos de Apalache | Yellow Bluff Fort | Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins
Crystal River | Lake Jackson Mounds | Letchworth Mounds | Madira Bickel Mound | Mound Key | San Pedro Underwater |

Preserves and reserves

Anclote Key | Cedar Key Scrub | Charlotte Harbor | Crystal River | Estero Bay | Fakahatchee Strand | Kissimmee Prairie | Lower Wekiva River | Paynes Prairie | Pumpkin Hill Creek | River Rise | Rock Springs Run | San Felasco Hammock | Savannas | Seabranch | St. Lucie Inlet | St. Sebastian River | Tarkiln Bayou | Topsail Hill | Tosohatchee | Waccasassa Bay | Yellow River Marsh |

Trails

Gainesville-Hawthorne | General James A. Van Fleet | Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail | Withlacoochee |


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