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| Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
 The east end of the Hawthorne-Gainesville Trail | |
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| Location | Alachua County, Florida, USA |
| Nearest city | Gainesville, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29°35′28″N 82°11′21″W / 29.59111°N 82.18917°W |
| Area | 16-mile (26 km) length |
| Governing body | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
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. It passes through the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park and the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area along a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line. The property was purchased by the state of Florida from CSX Transportation with money from the "trails from rails" program in late 1989.[1] The trail opened for use in January 1992.[2]
- ^ "Parcel: 19801-300-000". Alachua County Property Appraiser. Retrieved November 2, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Report to Congress: Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants-in-Aid Program". National Park Service. 1986. Retrieved November 19, 2019.