GH Trail Flood

A stretch on the Gainesville-Hawthorne Rail Trail has been flooded for several months.  The extent of the flood has varied with rainfall, but has been up to half a football field in length and a half-foot deep.  It is possible to ride through it slowly, but you'll probably have residual water in your rims; you'll need to half-pedal through areas that are the full half-foot deep.

Please send email to info@gccfla.org if you find conditions have changed, or encounter other significant flooded areas.

The flooded area is just west of the eastern entrance gate to the Paynes Prairie State Park at SE 30th St, about 4 miles from Boulware Springs.

HAZARD WARNING

With repaving underway on NW 43rd St, the pavement level has been lowered by an inch or two.  This has left a lip along the roadway at intersections; if you turn your bicycle into this lip at too shallow of an angle, you may lose control of your front wheel and crash. This is particularly a problem at the Chevron station (at NW 53rd Ave), and the left turn lane onto Millhopper Road.

If there is no traffic, you can swing out into the traffic lane to approach at a 90 degree angle.  Otherwise, slow down enough that you can turn at close to 90 degrees from the bike lane.