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May 22, 2021 | 1:23 PM
DeLeon Springs, FL – Residents and visitors in West Volusia now have another trail to enjoy as Volusia County adds another segment to a trail connecting the county’s springs. This new segment adds 1.7 miles to the now 21 mile long Spring-to-Spring Trail; which will be just over 27.2 miles when completed, stretching from DeLeon Springs State Park to Green Springs Park. The Spring-to-Spring trail is also just one part of the partially completed 260-mile St. Johns River-to-Sea Loop, which currently travels through the counties of Volusia, Flagler, Brevard, St. Johns and Putnam. And to District 1 councilwoman Barbara Girtman, this goes beyond just connecting trails. It’s connecting counties and bringing in ECHO tourism for bicycling, for walking, and for sightseeing, Girtman said to News Daytona Beach. There’s a lot of people over 60 that are using the trails for exercise, just to get out, said County Chair Jeff Brower. It’s bringing pe
Bikers rejoice: Volusia County completes its portion of Rail Trail, totaling 52 miles Mary Helen Moore, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Pat Northey said she didn’t know whether it would happen in her lifetime. I started this trails journey in my 40s and I’m now in my early 70s. I often wondered if I would get to cut the ribbon on this wild and rural section of asphalt, Northey said.
But with the latest 3.6 mile segment paved through a heavily forested area south of Osteen Maytown Road, east finally met west, extending the East Central Regional Rail Trail for 52 miles in Volusia County.
Two new segments of Volusia County trails have been completed, and the celebrations for the latest 5.3 miles are set to last through the weekend.
The first, on Thursday, will mark the completion of Volusia County’s portion of the Coast-to-Coast Trail system, a network of paved paths along an abandoned rail bed that will one day extend across Central Florida from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Rail Trail crosses about 50 miles of southern Volusia County from DeBary to Edgewater, and Thursday’s ceremony caps off more than two decades of planning and investments. The state paid $16 million in 2007 for the property through the Florida Forever program.