Withlacoochee State Trail in Citrus County, Florida

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Citrus County attraction

Withlacoochee State Trail

Citrus County · Gulf Coast

Forty-six miles of paved rail trail from Dunnellon to Trilby, the longest in Florida.

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The Withlacoochee State Trail runs 46 miles through Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties and is the longest paved rail trail in Florida. It follows a railroad that began in the 1880s, with sections built in 1892 by the Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad and the South Florida Railroad. By 1902 the Atlantic Coast Line had pulled them together as the DuPont to Lakeland line, and passenger trains ran until 1957. After a chain of mergers the line came to CSX, which abandoned the 47 miles in 1987. Florida bought it in 1989 for the rails-to-trails program. The trail runs from Trilby in the south to Dunnellon in the north, passing through Istachatta, Floral City, Inverness, Hernando and Citrus Springs, following the Withlacoochee River and the state forest of the same name. The surface is asphalt and takes walkers, cyclists and horses, with steep embankments and swamp in places. Ten trailheads give access, from Gulf Junction at the north end to Owensboro Junction at the south, several of them with parking at state forest campgrounds. It will eventually form part of the Coast to Coast Connector across the state

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