Cape Haze Pioneer Trail - Mercer Trailhead - Charlotte County, FL
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crackergals
N 26° 55.843 W 082° 13.401
17R E 378545 N 2979348
5.5 miles of multi-use trail in Charlotte County
Waymark Code: WM6D2Y
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2009
Views: 7
From Trail Link:
When you walk, run, skate or bike the 5.5-mile Cape Haze Pioneer Trail, you're tracing the line that once serviced Florida's early phosphate industry and also moved people, livestock, and locally grown crops such as watermelons to waiting steamships in Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island. The long-running Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railroad operated until the late 1970s. Today there are plans to extend the trail south to the gulf and connect it with the Boca Grande Bike Path on Gasparilla Island, which shares the corridor. The resulting regional trail will span coastal Charlotte and Lee counties.
The northern trailhead is named after longtime trail advocates Dr. Robert and Anne Mercer, credited with starting Charlotte County's thriving rail-trail movement.
Country: USA
State/Province/etc.: FL
Trail Start (town): Cape Haze
Trail Finish (town): Rotonda
Trail Length: 6
Trail Surface: Paved
Fees: no
Internet Link(s):
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/guide/regions/westcentral/trails/13_cape_haze_pioneer_trail.htm
http://www.traillink.com/ViewTrail.aspx?AcctID=6015491
Pack Animals Allowed: Not Listed
Rail-to-Trail Sign: Not listed
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