This layer is continuously updated by data submissions to the Florida Trails Website (<http://ogt.geoplan.ufl.edu>) and also by Office of Greenways & Trails Staff. Trails data can be uploaded to the Florida Trails Website, or digitized through an interactive mapping application. For more information, see the Florida Trails Website.
A note about data scale:
Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data.
1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger.
Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our webpage at: <http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html>
This layer is continuously updated by data submissions to the Florida Trails Website (<http://ogt.geoplan.ufl.edu>) and also by Office of Greenways & Trails Staff. Trails data can be uploaded to the Florida Trails Website, or digitized through an interactive mapping application.
For data updates or for more information on data submittals, please see the Florida Trails Website (ogt.geoplan.ufl.edu).
The GeoPlan Center has been contracted to maintain this coverage as part of the Florida Greenways Planning Project. Most of the trails that are maintained by the GeoPlan Center are Recreational (Hiking, Off-Road Biking, Equestrian, Canoe, Kayak). Trail information is submitted via the Florida Trails Website (ogt.geoplan.ufl.edu).
1 Records from the original Flatrails1 coverage, made up of trails digitized, prior to May 1995, from the two sets of 1:100000 maps (original & updated) from Kent Wimmer/1000 Friends of Florida.
2 Trails digitized from the updated set of 1:100000 1000 Friends of Florida maps after May 1995.
3 Trails digitized from the original set of 1:100000 1000 Friends of Florida maps after May 1995. 4 Trails entered into the coverage from information in the ANCMA and BikeCentennial Brochures.
5 The West Side of the Central Loop of the Florida Trail, entered into the coverage from information found in a report drawn up by the Florida Trails Asc, Suncoast.
6 The Dixie-Levy Greenway Rail-Trail, entered into the coverage from information found in a Dixie-Levy Greenway Trail Report.
7 Trails entered into the coverage from information in the St. Johns River and South West Florida Water Managment District booklets.
8 Trails entered into the coverage from information in Everglades National Forest and Big Cypress brochures.
9 Trails entered into the coverage from information in the books: A Canoing and Kayaking Guide to the Streams of Florida, Volumes I (1985) & II (1987).
10 Salt Springs Run Marina & Landing brochure, no date.
11 'Hiking Guide to the Florida Trail' by Florida Trails Asc. 1992.
12 Trails entered from book 'A Hiking Guide to the Trails of Florida.' by Elizabeth F. Carter. 1987.
13 Trails entered from report 'The Florida State Park System Base Maps.' by Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation & Parks, Office of Park Planning no date on it, but maps have dates on them from 1990-1994.
14 Trails taken from Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation & Parks brochures.
15 Per Kent Wimmer, June 1996 visit.
16 Sun Coast Parkway Trail map sent by Trish Neville 5/8/96.
17 'Mapping Florida Outdoors' by Joan Lundquist Scalpone. (1992)
18 'Camper's Guide to Florida' by Mickey Little. (1990)
19 Trails entered into the coverage from information provided by the Florida Trails Assoc. per Nancy Gildersleve in October, 1996.
20 Trails entered from Global Positioning System Data collected by the University of Florida, GeoPlan Center.
21 Trails entered from Global Positioning System Data collected by the Avon Park Natural Resources Section. 22 Trails entered from Global Positioning System Data collected by the Big Cypress National Preserve.
23 Corrections provided by the Florida Trail Association on the FTA Map Series 4/05/97.
24 'Suwannee River Greenway Vision - Greenways 2000'. Nov 1996.
25 Northeast RGTF Trails Additions, 6/97.
26 South RGTF Trails Additions, 6/97.
27 Cedar Point Environmental Park and Trails Map, Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center, Englewood, FL, 6/16/97.
28 Goethe Wildlife Management Area Equestrian Trail Addns, 6/18/97.
29 Florida Cracker Trail Map, obtained through South RGTF, 6/97.
30 Trails entered from Hillsborough Greenway System data, provided by Mark Dickson and Charner Reese, Hillsborough Co. Planning & Growth Mgmt. Dept., 6/25/97.
31 Trails entered from the South Dade Greenway Network Map provided by Kitty Roedel of the Redlands Conservancy, 6/97.
32 Orange County Trails provided by Orange County Department of Parks and Recreation (needs help).
33 Trails entered from maps provided by Briggs Nature Center/Rookery Bay Estuary (6/97).
34 Northwest Florida Water Management District - Exploring District Lands: A Recreation Guide' (1995).
35 Trails entered from Map Guide of Withlacoochee State Forest-Croom Tract: ENDURO Mountain Bike Trail Map (7/97).
36 Trails entered from a map of Green Swamp given to GEOPLAN by Leigh Brooks at SWFWMD (7/97).
37 Trails entered from map provided by Highlands County Board of County Commissioners Planning Supervisor, Duane Neiderman (7/9/97).
38 Trails entered from maps provided by Leigh Brooks of SWFWMD based on SW DEP Disrict's RGTF Comments (7/97).
39 City of Boca Raton Bicycle, Pedestrian, Greenway and Trails Master Plan (7/97).
40 Trails entered from maps of Seminole and Orange County Greenways, Trails & Bikeways Conceptual Master Plans designed by Glatting, Jackson, et al. (7/97).
41 Trails entered from maps of Point Washington State Forest maps provided by Thomas Beitzel, Forestry Supervisor, Fla. Div. of Forestry (7/97).
42 Trail entered from Image Map of Eglin Air Force Base provided by Debby Caffin, USDA (7/97).
43 Trails entered were provided by NWDEP Dist. RGTF Comments (7/97). 44 Trail entered from Indian River County Map provided by Chief of Environmental Planning, Roland DeBlois (7/97).
45 Trails entered from East Florida Kings Highway Heritage Corridor Volusia and Flagler County Map, provided by Central DEP RGTF (7/97).
46 Seminole County Data Collection In-Progress Concept: Florida National Scenic Trail/Cross Seminole Pilot Project. Given to GEOPLAN by Central DEP District's RGTF (7/97).
47 Corrections provided by the Florida Trail Association (Kent Wimmer) on the FTA Map Series in May 1998.
48 Corrections provided by the Florida Trail Association (Kent Wimmer) on the FTA Map Series in Sept. 1998.
49 Trail coverage provide from SFWMD (8/4/98) 50 Corrections provided by the Florida Trail Association (Kent Wimmer) on the FTA Map Series in Nov. 1998. 51 From map provided by Ocala Mountain Bike Association
52 Corrections provided by the Florida Trail Association (Kent Wimmer) on the FTA Map Series IN 12/98 53 Digitized from aerial photos and internet reference map (C. Stoll). -May need further corrections if new map source is provided. 54 From maps received from Palm Beach county planning department, Linda Hoppes (561-233-5000) 55 Guana River Wildlife Management Area brouchure <http://wld.fwc.state.fl.us/hunting/wma/images/guana_river.jpg> 56 No longer a valid source, no data refers to this source. 57 Trail maps from Kent Wimmer (FTA) received 6/99. 58 Digitized from Trail maps from Florida Department of Forestry and DOQQ reference images. 59 Corrections provided by the Florida Trail Association (Kent Wimmer) on the FTA Map Series IN 07/99 60 From pdf map files on SJWMD website 9/99. 61 From pdf map files on SFWMD website 10/99. 62 From pdf map files on SWFWMD website 10/99.
63 From pdf map files on SRWMD website 2/00.
64 Trails taken from Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks brochures received 4/00.
65 Trail maps sent by the City of Lakeland Parks and Recreation 3/00.
66 Trails taken from the SJRWMD Recreation Guide Spring 2000.
67 Trails sent by Dean Rogers from the Department of Environmental Protection, sent on March 26th, 2001
68 Matt Clemons
69 Charlie Hunsicker
70 Evan Brown of the Sarasota County Development Services Survey and Mapping Section
71 Polk County Transportation Planning Organization, Ryan Kordek
72 Trails taken from the Seminole County Greenways and Trails Website www.co.seminole/fl.us/trails.
73 Trails taken the book Floridas Paved Bike Trails, An Eco-Tour Guide. 74 Trails taken from the book The Official Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Guide Book, Florida.
75 Trails taken from Lyonia Preserve Trail Guide
76 Trails taken from the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravine Preserve trail Guide.
77 Etoniah Creek State Forest Trail Guide
78 Sawgrass Island Preserve Brochure from the Lake County Water Authority
79 Waleka State Forest Brochure
80 Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge Dixie Mainline Trail Guide
81 GPS data of Cross Florida Greenway trails from Chris Stohl
82 Office of Greenways and Trails Canoe Trail Website, <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/explore/canoe/index.htm>
83 Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge Canoe/Kayak Trail Guide
84 Seminole County Natural Lands Program Website, <http://www.co.seminole.fl.us/natland/jesup.htm>
85 Tradewinds Park Brochure produced by the Broward County Parks and Recreation Division
86 Tree Tops Park brochure produced by the Broward County Parks and Recreation Division
87 Alachua County Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization, Jerry Dedenbach
88 Florida Department of Environmental Protection Park Brochure
89 Monroe County Bicycle And Pedestrian Plan, December 1996
90 South West Florida Water Management District Recreation Guide from Website, <http://swfwmd.state.fl.us/recguide/2002>
91 From Hiking in Florida book by M. Timothy OKeefe (A Falcon Guide Publication)
92 Pinellas County Website <http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/mpo/friendtr.htm>
93 South Florida Water Management District Public Use Guide
94 JW Corbett Wildlife Management Area website <http://wld.fwc.state.fl.us/hunting/wma/images/jwcorbett.jpg>
95 Weedon Island Preserve Website <http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/bcc/environ/weedon.htm>
96 Pine Ridge Nature Preserve Trail Guide
97 Lake Wales Ridge State Forest brochure
98 Trails provided digitally by Charlie Pederson, Jennings State Forest and trail maps of Jennings State Forest
99 Flat Island Preserve Brochure produced by the Lake County Water Authority
100 Disney Wilderness Preserve Brochure
101 Frenchmans Forest Natural Area trail guide
102 Bikeways of Northeast Florida (Flagler and St. Johns County) Map
103 J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge brochure
104 Cayo Costa State Park brochure
105 Big Lagoon State Recreation Area brochure
106 Fort Cooper State Park brochure
107 Lakes County Park brochure
108 Tosohatchee State Reserve trail maps
109 Savannas State Preserve trail literature
110 Little Big Econ State Forest website <http://www.fl-dof.com/state_forests/forestmaps/lbe%20map.pdf>
111 Southwest Florida Water Management District Recreational Guide, January 2001
112 Lower Hillsborough Flood Detention Area Trail Guide
113 Florida State Parks, A Complete Recreation Guide
114 FDOT map of the Suncoast Trail, <http://www11.myflorida.com/turnpikepio/pdfs/Suncoast%20Veterans%20Updated%20Map.pdf> 115 Aerial imagery with trail maps provided by Sarasota County
116 Shamrock Park Nature Center brochure
117 Lemon Bay Park and Environmental Center Trail Guide
118 South Lido Park brochure
119 Myakka River State Park Trail Brochure
120 Calusa Nature Center Site Plan provided by Lee County
121 Etoniah Creek State Forest Brochure
122 Everglades National Park Trail Brochure
123 Tenoroc Fish Management Area website <http://floridaconservation.org/fishing/images/tenoroc%20brochure.jpg>
124 Pine Island Conservation Area Brochure
125 Manatee County Greenways Master Plan
126 Paddle Manatee, A Guide to Area Canoe and Kayak Trails
127 Paddler's Guide to the Sunshine State by Sandy Huff
128 Map of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Map <http://www.nbbd.com/godo/minwr/pdf/MINWRmap00.pdf>
129 The Hiking Trails of Florida's National Forests, Parks, and Preserves by Johnny Molloy
130 Bicycle Plan For Sarasota County, <http://www.co.sarasota.fl.us/public_works_planning/transbiktemp.asp>
131 Florida Trail Association shapefile provided to GeoPlan June 2002.
132 Primitive Walking Trails of St Marks National Wildlife Trail
133 Blackwater River State Forest Trail Guide
135 Data collected from the Florida Trails Website - Digitzed trail segments. <http://ogt.geoplan.ufl.edu>
136 Data collected from the Florida Trails Website - Uploaded trail segments. <http://ogt.geoplan.ufl.edu>
