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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.
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]
Withlacoochee State Forest was acquired by the federal government from private landowners between 1936 and 1939 under the provisions of the U.S. Land Resettlement Administration. The land acquired by the government would be named the Withlacoochee Development Service. [1] [2] [3] The lands were managed by the Soil Conservation Service from 1939 ...
South of this point, US 98-301 passes by the Owensboro Junction Trailhead, of the Withlacoochee State Trail. This was once a former junction between the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads, until both were merged into the Seaboard Coast Line and the segments that crossed Routes 98 and 301 were abandoned. From that point, the ...
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 Good Neighbor Trail is a multi-use recreational trail in Brooksville, Florida, that connects with the Withlacoochee State Trail. The trail is about 10.7 miles (17.2 km) long. The trail was originally the Brooksville Branch of the Florida Southern Railway which later became an Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line from Brooksville to Croom. [1 ...
Northbound County Road 39 as it enters Pineola, Florida Withlacoochee State Trail signpost commemorating the Great Train Wreck of 1956 in Pineola. Pineola [1] is an unincorporated community in Southeastern Citrus County, Florida. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, to the south of Floral City.
Trilby is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northeast corner of Pasco County, Florida, United States.The population was 433 at the 2020 census. [5]Trilby has a non-profit "Greater Trilby Community Association" which exists to improve the life and quality of residents of the Trilby, Trilacoochee and Lacoochee area.