The Route
The southern terminus is at U.S. 98/301 south of Trilby. The trail goes 6 miles (9.7 km) north to a crossover of U.S. 98/SR 50, a mile east of I-75 and 40 miles (64 km) north past the Silver Lake Campground in the Withlacoochee State Forest, close to the Withlacoochee River. The trail continues north through Nobleton, Istachatta, and then crosses the Hernando-Citrus County Line into Pineola, the site of the Great Train Wreck of 1956.
As it enters Floral City, it runs much closer to and parallel to US 41. South of Inverness across from Citrus County Speedway and the Inverness Airport, there is a paid access trail leading to Fort Cooper State Park. Within Inverness itself, the trail runs alongsideFlorida State Road 44, with access trails on both sides running east. Beneath the bridge under US 41, another trail leads to Whispering Pines Park. In Hernando, the trail is briefly detoured around Citrus County Road 486, then continues through Holder, and Citrus Springs, where it finally ends at Gulf Junction just south of Dunnellon.
However, Citrus County Road 486 has been widened and a multi-use path follows it west until it hits Citrus County Road 491, and will connect to State Road 44 by the end of 2013. The state of Florida has just approved funding for the Coast to Coast Connector, some of which will include connecting the Withlacoochee State Trail to the Claridoma-Ocoee Connector Trail in Lake County, which will then connect all the way to the east coast, terminating on Merritt Island. The Coast to Coast Connector will also connect the Withlacoochee State Trail to the Suncoast Trail, which follows the Suncoast Parkway south to Tampa.
Read more about this topic: Withlacoochee State Trail
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