The Gainesville Cycling Club will have its best picnic of the year on Memorial Day Monday, May 25 at Hart Springs.   The picnic will feature barbecue from Sonny's Barbecue.   Club members should bring a side dish or desert to round out the feast.  The Club will provide barbecue and soft drinks. Food will begin about noon.

 

Chandler will send out an e-mail asking for RSVP's on Monday, May 18.

 

NEW BIKE LANES!   There are now full bike lanes from Hart Springs to the Nature Coast Trail.  The entry road to Hart has 4 foot wide bikes lanes, and the highway that connects to the Nature Coast Trail has 5 foot wide bike lanes!

 

Ride groups should organize rides for Monday, Memorial Day.  A paved rail-trail, the Nature Coast Trail is near Hart Springs.  The roads in the area are mostly quiet and are definitely flat (no hills!).

 

Hart Springs is on the Suwannee River about 40 miles west of Gainesville.   Take State Road 26 (Newberry Road) west through Newberry, then to Trenton. 

 In Trenton you can either: (There will be road signs on both these routes directing people to Hart Springs.)

 

A) Continue on SR 26, and turn north (right) on to County Road 341.  Go on CR 341  and turn west (left) onto CR 344.  Continue on CR 344 to CR 232 and turn north (right) and then turn west (left) onto  CR 344 , which will take you to Hart Springs.

 

B) In Trenton, turn north (right) onto US 129.  Take US 129 and turn west (left) onto CR 344. Continue on CR 344 to CR 232 and turn north (right) and then turn west (left) onto  CR 344 , which will take you to Hart Springs.

 

Entry fee at Hart Springs is $3 per person.