List of paved Florida bike trails
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This is a list of paved Florida bike trails. Included in the list are cities that have won awards from the League of American Bicyclists as being a bicycle-friendly community.
Bicycle-friendly community award winners
Silver level
Gainesville
Sanibel
Venice
The Villages
Bronze level
Boca Raton
Orlando
St. Petersburg
Tallahassee
Lakeland
Miami
Broward County
Fernandina Beach
Weston
Key Biscayne
Indian River County
South Lake County
Cape Coral
Naples
Winter Park
Paved bike trails by area
Florida Keys
Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail - Florida Keys
Gainesville
Gainesville's trails are connected, and the Waldo Road Greenway, Depot Avenue Trail, Downtown Connector, and Gainesville-Hawthorne trail can be used to provide a 22-mile (35 km) continuous bike trail from the Gainesville Regional Airport to Hawthorne.
Gainesville-Depot Avenue Trail - Gainesville - 2.1 miles (3.4 km), paved
Gainesville-Downtown Connector Archived 30 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine - Gainesville - 1.8 miles (2.9 km), paved (under construction)
Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park - Gainesville - 16 miles (26 km), paved (asphalt 10’ wide)
Kermit-Sigmon Trail - Gainesville - Paved
Gainesville-Waldo Road Greenway - Gainesville - 2.6 miles (4.2 km), paved
Jacksonville area
Amelia Island Trail - Amelia Island - 6.2 miles (10.0 km), paved (asphalt 10’ wide)
Black Creek Trail - Orange Park, Green Cove Springs - 8 miles (13 km), paved (asphalt 10’ wide)
Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail - Jacksonville, Baldwin - 14.5 miles (23.3 km), paved (asphalt 12’ wide)
Jekyll Island Trail System - Jekyll Island, Georgia - approximately 25 miles (40 km) in five looped paths; paved
Keystone Heights multi-use path - Keystone Heights - 5.5 miles (8.9 km), paved (asphalt 10’ wide)
Miami Area
Metropath - 10.5 miles (16.9 km), paved connected to the South Dade Rail Trail
South Dade Rail Trail - a multi-purpose 20.5 miles (33.0 km) asphalt trail from Miami to Homestead, Florida
Black Creek Trail, Miami-Dade at 100 Florida Trails
Miami Beach Boardwalk at 100 Florida Trails
Rickenbacker Trail at 100 Florida Trails
Orlando area
Baldwin Park Trail - Orlando - 4.5 miles (7.2 km), paved
Cady Way Trail - Orlando - 6.3 miles (10.1 km), paved
Candyland Park Trail - Longwood
Citrus Trail - Seminole County
Country Club Trail - Sanford
Cross Seminole Trail - Seminole County
E. E. Williamson Trail - Sanford
Lake Minneola Scenic Trail and Clermont Trail - Clermont, Orlando - 3.1 miles (5.0 km), paved
Little Econ Greenway - Orlando - 7.25 miles (11.67 km), paved
Kewannee Trail - Casselberry
Orlando Urban Trail - Downtown Orlando
Rinehart Road to Riverwalk Connector - Sanford
Riverwalk Trail - Sanford
Seminole Wekiva Trail - Altamonte Springs
South Lake Trail - Clermont
West Orange Trail - Oakland, Winter Garden, Apopka - 22 miles (35 km), paved
Wirz Park Trail- Casselberry
Pensacola area
Pensacola Beach Trail - Pensacola Beach - 6 miles (9.7 km), paved (asphalt 8’ wide)
Blackwater Heritage State Trail at 100 Florida Trails
Polk County
Auburndale TECO Trail - Auburndale, Florida, also known as the Van Fleet Trail Extension runs for 6.5 miles (10.5 km) along Berkley Road from Lake Myrtle Sports Complex to the Polk City, Florida trailhead of the Van Fleet State Trail.
Chain of Lakes Trail - Winter Haven, Florida
Fort Fraser Trail - Runs for 7.75 miles (12.47 km) along Highway 98 from Bartow to the Polk State College (Lakeland) campus in Lakeland
General James A. Van Fleet State Trail - Mabel, Polk City, Lakeland - 29.2 miles (47.0 km), paved
Lake-to-Lake Trail - A 20 miles (32 km) path in Lakeland which connects Lakes Parker, Wire, Morton, Hunter, Hollingsworth, and John, as well as traversing Lakeland's downtown and historic districts.
University Trail - Lakeland, Florida runs from Polk State College Lakeland campus to Florida Polytechnic University.
Tallahassee area
Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail - 20.5 miles (32.9 km) paved
Tallahassee-Georgia Florida and Alabama (GF&A) Trail - 2.4 miles (3.9 km) paved
Tampa Bay area
Alderman's Ford Park Trail - Lithia is a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) trail accessed from either County Road 39 or Thompson Road.
Bayshore Linear Park Trail - Tampa also known as "World's Longest Continuous Sidewalk".
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