West Orange Trail

West Orange Trail

The West Orange Trail is a convert|22|mi|adj=on long multi-use rail trail owned by Orange County Parks and Recreation in Orange County, Florida, in the United States.

It passes through downtown Oakland, Winter Garden, and Apopka. Most of it is built on old railroad alignments.

The route

From the Lake County line (where a connection to the Lake Minneola Scenic Trail is planned), the trail runs east to downtown Oakland along the former Orange Belt Railway. From Oakland to Winter Garden, the Orange Belt and the Tavares and Gulf Railroad ran right next to each other; the trail uses both rights-of-way. The trail runs through downtown Winter Garden in the median of Plant Street, where the railroad used to run, and leaves downtown on the north side of Plant Street (there SR 438).

At 9th Street, the path curves north (along what had been planned as an extension of 9th Street) away from the old railroad grade, to allow the Florida Central Railroad to continue to serve a customer along the line via a connection from another line. The trail rejoins the railroad grade, but leaves again near SR 429 to avoid a complicated crossing of the freeway. After returning to the railroad grade once again, the trail heads east to Clarcona. At Apopka-Vineland Road, it stays along the west side for a bit and then crosses over to the east side, connecting to a different railroad grade, the old Florida Midland Railroad. A spur to Clarcona Horseman's Park continues along the west side of Apopka-Vineland Road.

The trail continues along the old Florida Midland into Apopka, where the Florida Midland ended after around 1900. A recent extension takes it north along a new alignment, and then along the east side of Rock Springs Road, to end at the intersection with Welch Road. The section through downtown Apopka including a bridge over US 441 opened in June,2007. A future extension is planned east along Welch Road to Wekiwa Springs State Park.

Major sections of the trail are right next to main roads as sidepaths, since the roads were built next to the railroads.

Grade separations

The following grade separations are provided or planned:
*Florida's Turnpike (old railroad bridge)
*SR 429 (underpass built with the freeway)
*US 441 (SR 500) in Apopka (pedestrian bridge opened in June 2007 at the cost of 5 million dollars.)

External links

* [http://parks.orangecountyfl.net/dept/cesrvcs/parks/ParkDetails.asp?ParkID=44 Orange County Parks and Recreation – West Orange Trail]
* [http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/guide/regions/eastcentral/trails/west_orange.htm Florida Department of Environmental Protection – West Orange Trail]
*Video of the trail can be found [http://www.vimeo.com/bicycle here]
* [http://parks.orangecountyfl.net/images/maps/WOT_TrailMap.pdf Map of the West Orange Trail]
* [http://www.traillink.com/ViewTrail.aspx?AcctID=6015676 TrailLink.com - West Orange Trail]


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