From the novice to the expert trails, many different types of biking opportunities can be found on District lands.
Biking
- Wilderness Park Off Road Trails System at Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve
Paved Trails
The bike trails on District lands are primarily double-track, multiuse trails located on old dirt roads that wind through pine flatwoods and around beautiful wetlands. For the more adventurous rider, off-road, single-track trails are available on cooperatively managed lands where user groups construct and maintain the trails. Some tracts have paved multiuse trails that allow both on-road and off-road bicyclists to enjoy riding in natural settings.
The 6.7-mile Starkey Trail winds through the 18,000-acre Starkey Wilderness Preserve and connects to the 42-mile Suncoast Trail. These trails offer some of the best long-distance bicycling opportunities in west-central Florida.
How to contact us:
Land Use and Protection Section (LND)
Southwest Florida Water Management District
2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 34604-6899
Telephone: 1-800-423-1476 (toll-free, FL only) or (352) 796-7211, ext. 4470
Fax: (352) 754-6877
Email: Recreation@WaterMatters.org
Best Opportunities
- Chassahowitzka River
and Coastal Swamps - Chito Branch Reserve
- Circle B Bar Reserve
- Cliff Stephens Park
- Colt Creek State Park
- Conner Preserve
- Cypress Creek Preserve
- Dead River Park
- Edward Medard Park
and Reservoir - Edward W. Chance Reserve — Gilley Creek Tract
- Flatwoods Park
- Flying Eagle Preserve
- Green Swamp
Wilderness Preserve - Half Moon-Gum Slough
- Hálpata Tastanaki Preserve
- Lake Panasoffkee
- Lake Tarpon Outfall Canal
- McGregor Smith
Boy Scout Reservation - Morris Bridge Park
- Myakka River
— Deer Prairie Creek - Myakka River State Park
— Myakka Prairie Tract - Myakka State Forest
- Potts Preserve
- RV Griffin Reserve
- Sawgrass Lake Park
- Starkey Wilderness Preserve
- Tampa Bypass Canal
- Trout Creek Park
- Upper Hillsborough Preserve
- Weekiwachee Preserve
- Wilderness Park Off Road Trails System
- Withlacoochee River Park
- Withlapopka
Community Park
