The General James Van Fleet Trail is another of Florida's long distance (29 miles) paved rails-to-trails, and we found it by accident as we drove from the Elderhostel to Orlando today. So we stopped and biked 23 miles on another beautiful Florida spring day. The first few miles of the trail at the north end runs through another unit of the Withlacoochee State Forest, yet another wildlife refuge, though we only saw a vulture and a number of tortoises, but lots of beautiful forest and wetlands. It was 9 miles before we hit the first road crossing!
Rest stop benches appear regularly and mileage is well marked on the pavement. In its entire 29 mile length, the trail only makes one bend, and being an old rail-to-trail bed, it is practically flat.
Another wonderful Florida trail to head for next visit! Here's the
state's info on the trail.
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