Best U.S. Trails in the Spring

Southern Trails Are Warm Trails

Longleaf Trace bike trail

Longleaf Trace Trail.

Winter’s over, but dependably warm weather is still a month or so away. If you’re looking for good bike trails for spring travel opportunities, you’re in luck. The following United States trails are good choices for April bike touring:

Withlacoochee Trail in Florida

Florida’s Withlacoochee State Trail is the best family trail for spring bike rides. It is a nice, long trail that is flat enough for the whole family to enjoy. It wanders through orange groves and into quaint southern towns so you’ll have plenty of rest and refuel stops. It’s also within easy driving distance from major Florida family tourist destinations such as Disney World and Universal Studios Orlando. On your way to this great Florida trail, you can stop at an orange grove and enjoy you-pick fruit or boiled peanuts. You can’t get more southern charm than that.

Silver Comet Trail in Georgia

By combining Alabama’s Chief Ladiga Trail with Georgia’s Silver Comet Trail, you get 100 miles of a charming southern bike tour. And since it’s all trail with only a few road crossings, it’s very safe and relaxing. This trail is another good one for families and is also great for recumbent bikes, stand up vehicles, tandem bikes and other personal transportation vehicles in addition to road bikes and mountain bikes. Like the Withlacoochee Trail, the Silver Comet Trail is a smooth cement path, so it’s very forgiving to novice bicyclists and riders of other PTVs.

Longleaf Trace Trail in Mississippi

Another smooth, paved trail in the southern U.S. is the Longleaf Trace Trail in Mississippi. This trail is both a recreational trail and an educational trail. It has informational signage along the entire route that identifies various native southern trees along with some creative spelling for some of them. (good botanical education, not so good spelling education) (-: All of the trails mentioned in this article are considered rail-trails and all of them provide great active travel touring opportunities for bicyclists of all ages and abilities. Feel free to browse other Trailsnet trail descriptions for the best U.S. trails in the spring.

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