Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail is a paved rail trail in Florida. It is protected as a 16-mile (26 km) long Florida State Park and runs from the City of Gainesville's Boulware Springs Water Works to the town of Hawthorne .
The Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail runs on the Florida Southern's former right of way between those two locations. From Hawthorne east to Edgar, the line is still in service and is now CSX's Edgar Spur (which now connects to CSX's S Line). Another active segment remains in Northern Florida between Lowell, Ocala, and Candler.
CSX train in Hawthorne Hawthorne entrance to the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail. The city sits at the intersection of US Highway 301 and Florida State Road 20. [67] CSX Transportation owns the north–south rail line which runs through Hawthorne, and operates a station.
The Old Gainesville Depot (also known as the Seaboard Air Line Depot or Baird Warehouse) is a historic site at 203 Southeast Depot Avenue in Gainesville, Florida. It is located along the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park. The station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 1996.
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
The line was completed to Gainesville in 1859 and Cedar Key in 1861. Other towns served by the railroad included Callahan, Baldwin, Waldo and Archer. At 156 miles in length, it was the longest railroad to be completed in Florida before the start of the American Civil War. [1]: 27–31 [3]: 451–452
Hawthorne: Hawthorne junction with Florida Southern Railway Palatka Branch S 712.3 Lochloosa: Lochloosa S 714.5 Island Grove: Island Grove S 716.9 Citra: Citra Meadows S 722.4 Sparr: Sparr S 725.8 Anthony: Anthony S 728.2 Oak S 731.5 Ocala: Silver Springs Junction junction with Silver Springs Branch Silver Springs: located on Silver Springs Branch
Gainesville's trails are connected, and the Waldo Road Greenway, Depot Avenue Trail, Downtown Connector, and Gainesville-Hawthorne trail can be used to provide a 22-mile (35 km) continuous bike trail from the Gainesville Regional Airport to Hawthorne. Gainesville-Depot Avenue Trail [21] - Gainesville - 2.1 miles (3.4 km), paved