Cross Seminole Trail is a Seminole Florida County Showcase Trail, a popular rail route between Orlando and Lake Mary, Fla., Passing through the community of Oviedo, Winter Springs and Longwood via the 23-mile route. The trail connects in the south with the Kadi Putei trail and in the north to the Seminol-Wekiva trail, creating 40 miles of paved off-road bike trail. Passing through parks, suburban neighborhoods, scenic woodlands, close to schools, restaurants, shops and facilities, as well as links to other routes, several bridges and a tunnel covering busy roads, the trail is a key component of the Central Florida network offering recreation as an alternative. and transport.
Trailers use bicycles, walking, jogging, rollerblading and horse riding. Parts are part of the Florida National Scenic Trail. Many benches and rest areas provide rider comfort, and the tracks provide parking, toilets and water. Different sections of the trail reflect their own characteristics: from urban to suburban to semi-rural.
Navigating the cross-seed track
> Cadie Wei Trail to Oviedo
The trail begins where the Cady Way trail ends at Aloma Avenue (SR426) and follows the SR426 through most of the business and under the SR417 high-speed station — watch the crossings and passages through this section. The bridge extends to a very busy Red Bug Lake Road, and the trail continues along the road along Aloma Avenue, before crossing the road. Here, the trail departs from the road and into more suburban quarters, to the center of Oviedo, Florida (there is a shopping area with restaurants, if necessary). While in Oviedo, look for the famous chickens of Oviedo, the remnant of the agricultural heritage of the city.
> Oviedo - Winter Sources
In Oviedo, the trail continues at the intersection of SR434 and SR426 and enters a pleasant shaded suburban section. The trail runs along the SR417 expressway, before reaching the Black Hammock Trailhead, crosses the scenic overpass over Howell Creek and continues through residential neighborhoods and over the bridge on SR434. From here, the trail passes through a fairly wooded area and arrives at the center of Winter Springs (shops and restaurants), as well as at Winter Springs High School in Central Wind Park.
> Winter Springs in Longwood
From Central Windy Park, the trail runs along SR434, before leaving the roadway and crossing Ji Creek and elementary school level. Here is the “missing link” in the trail (construction to fill the gap is planned), walk along the road to Old Sanford Road and down the dirt road before joining the trail along the levy servitude. A good diversion is to visit the Spring Hammock Reserve (a trip on a dirt road to the boardwalk to Lake Jessup) and the Center for Ecological Research. Cross SR419 to Soldier Creek Park, drive through a quiet stretch of trail to another bridge, this is occupied by US17-92, and through the shaved section to the Big Tree Park.
> Longwood - Lake Mary
Past Big Tree Park, the trail crosses SR427 (Ronald Reagan Blvd.) in Longwood, Florida, and is a wider sidewalk as it follows Longwood Lake Mary Road and Greenway. to the park of green lakes. Turning off the road to another set of electricity transmissions, the trail passes through a tunnel under Greenwood Boulevard, and then along the roadway to the bridge on Mary Lake Boulevard. and lake Mary Trailhead. The trail is not shaded and the town along Rinehart Road, although there are frequent benches with fitness stations. The bridge over I-4 connects to the Seminol-Wekiva path, and the Seminole Cross Trail continues to end at SR46A.
Parking and facilities
- Black Hammock Trailhead , SR434 on SR417 (exit 44) - parking, horse parking, toilets, water
- Soldiers Creek Park, on the SR419 about 0.7 miles south of US17-92- parking, equestrian parking, toilets, water, sports fields
- Central Winds Park, 1000 East SR434 in Winter Springs - parking, toilets, picnics, playground, sports fields, nature trail
- Big Tree Park at General Hutchinson Pkwi. about 0.25 miles east of SR427- parking, toilets, picnic pavilions, playground
- Greenwood Lakes Park on Greenway Boulevard. in Longwood / Lake Mary Road - parking, toilets, playground, water
- Lake Mary Trailhead at the intersection of Lake Mary Boulevard. and Rinehart Road - parking, toilets, water, concession
It is worth noting
With diverse landscapes, access to parks, shops and restaurants, as well as the Cady Way and Seminole-Wekiva Trails trails, the Cross Seminole Trail is an important part of Central Florida's network of leisure and fitness trails and provides alternative transport between neighbors and businesses.
