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The Withlacoochee State Forest is 157,479-acre (637 km 2) in the western central part in the US state of Florida, near Lecanto, Inverness, Floral City, Brooksville, Ridge Manor, and Dade City. The forest was named for the Withlacoochee River , which passes through some of the major tracts within.
This lake is surrounded by the Withlacoochee State Forest. On the south shore are the Silver Lake Campgrounds. A public boat ramp on the lake shore is within the campgrounds. On the northwest this lake is bounded by Interstate 75. The entire shore of Silver Lake is forested. A small almost round islet, 60 feet (18 m) long by 50 feet (15 m) wide ...
Withlacoochee State Trail signpost commemorating the Great Train Wreck of 1956 in Pineola. 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.
Along the route of central Florida's Withlacoochee River is the 46-mile-long (74 km) Withlacoochee State Trail, the longest paved rail trail in Florida; [2] the Cypress Lake Preserve, a 324-acre (1.31 km 2) park with approximately 600 feet (180 m) of frontage; [3] and Nobleton Wayside Park, a 2-acre (8,100 m 2) park in Nobleton that includes a ...
The first state forest in Florida was Pine Log State Forest, established on 6,960 acres in 1936. Cary State Forest was established in 1937. [ 2 ] Blackwater River State Forest and Withlacoochee State Forest were added in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
The exception is a small, undeveloped neighborhood near Ridge Manor. The river empties into the Withlacoochee River in Croom WMA, another tract of the Withlacoochee State Forest. Croom also covers 20,000 acres of pine flatwoods over Hernando and Sumter Counties, as well as Silver Lake.
It was a rail stop by the Withlacoochee River just north of where the I-75 bridge over Croom-Rital Road and Withlacoochee State Trail is today. The Croom Tract is part of the Withlacoochee State Forest, and is located just north of another ghost town called Oriole. [3] There is also a 20,000 acre Croom Wildlife Management Area. [4]
The road is named South Istachatta Road and it winds along the Withlacoochee State Trail, but eventually the trail moves to the northwest. After running across Bradley Lake, it finally terminates at County Road 48. The journey of former SR 39 does not end there though, as it secretly overlaps westbound along CR 48 towards Floral City. [2]