The One-Day Ride options have been moved to Sunday March 10!!
Unfortunately the weather still looks pretty bad for Saturday for the Choose your own Adventure Ride on the Coastal Trail. So we have come up with a new plan to keep everyone safe, have an enjoyable ride, and still enjoy the trails.
New Plan - One day Ride is Moved to Sunday
Ride start times Sunday
8:00 at the Southwood parking lot near Subway
8:30 at the St Marks Capital Circle Trail Head
9:30 at the Wakulla Station Trailhead
11:00 at Medart Park
Each starting location will have snacks etc for riders and will serve as rest stops for riders who started earlier. There will also be snacks and a rest stop provided at the Oaks Motel under the pavilion by the pool. Marcia will be riding at the back and can provide assistance with flat tires and other small mechanical issues.
Two Day Ride
If you still want to ride Saturday and brave the weather you are on your own for the ride. We will meet you at your start location if you let us know you are riding and provide snacks. We will be at the Oaks Motel by 4:00 Saturday afternoon and can get together for a group dinner. You can get Continental Breakfast Sunday morning by stopping by room 12 at 7:00 am.
Call Marcia Meale at 850-321-9075 or Jane Fletcher at 850-294-1840 if you have questions or need help.
Ride notes - watch for the trail to cross Hwy 98 in Medart just before Rocky’s. This is a tricky turn because you can’t really see the trail on the other side of the road. Cross 98 at the crosswalk to Wakulla High School.
Here are links to ride with gps files for the ride. These two files cover all of the options. You may just not ride everything indicated. The entire ride is on the trail separated from traffic. However, the rides with gps files does not yet include the coastal trail once you get past Medart, and it picks up again after panacea. However, the trail is finished so we will be riding the trail not the road. When you get to panacea the trail becomes a sidewalk, at this point there is a shoulder on the road. People can make their own choice about whether to ride on the sidewalk or the road shoulder. In Panacea the sidewalk switches over to the other side of the road at the shopping center.
100 mile Cascades park to Sopchoppy and return
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42190874
39 miles Southwood to the Oaks
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42195784
Join Capital City Cyclists in an exploration of the new Coastal Trail March 9th and 10th. Choose your mileage, choose the number of days and how many connected trails you want to ride. Cascades Park to the end of the Ochlockonee Bay Trail is 100 miles round trip if you want the longest adventure or choose the shortest adventure of 20 miles round trip with several other mileage options in between starting at different locations. The rides will all be out and back rides to explore 3 connected local trails.
One day options include:
- 100 miles - Cascades Park to Sopchoppy and return. Start at 7:50 am from the parking near the pedestrian bridge over Monroe St (S. Gadsden St)
- 88 miles - St Marks trailhead to Sopchoppy and return. Start from the St Marks trailhead on Woodville Highway south of Capital Circle at 8:30 am. Alternatively start from Southwood at the parking close to the Subway at 8:00 am. Parking there is more secure.
- 70 miles - St Marks trailhead to the Oaks and return. Same starting options and times as the 88 miles option.
- 52 miles - St Marks Wakulla Station Trailhead to the Oaks and return. Start at 9:30 am from the Wakulla Station trailhead on Old Woodville Highway 0.7 mile north of the SR 267.
- 20 or 26 miles - Medart Park to the Oaks or Mashes Sands and return. Start from Medart Park at 79 Recreation Dr Crawfordville.
Two day options include:
- 59 miles day 1 and 49 miles day 2 - Cascades Park to Sopchoppy to the Oaks on day 1, the Oaks to Cascades Park day 2
- 39 miles day 1 and 39 miles day 2 - Southwood to the Oaks day 1, return on day 2
- 26 miles day 1 and 26 miles day 2 - Wakulla Station to the Oaks day 1, and return day 2
For those wanting a two day adventure we’ve reserved a block of rooms at The Oaks at Ochlockonee Bay. The property was purchased two years ago and renovated very nicely. There is a nice pool and hot tub area to enjoy after the ride. To reserve a room, call Lou at the Oaks. Tell her you are with CCC or Capital City Cyclists. If no answer, leave a message she will get back to you. The phone number for the Oaks is 850 713-0175. Please reserve your room as soon as possible, she can only hold the rooms for a couple weeks and there are a limited number of rooms available.
This will be a semi supported ride. Meaning the club will provide a few snacks at the starting points and drinks and snacks when you arrive at The Oaks Saturday as well as a continental style (yogurt, bagels, coffee and fruit) breakfast on Sunday. Dinner and lunches will be on your own. There are several restaurants along the way as well as within biking or walking distance of the Oaks.
We hope you will join us on this choose your own adventure on local trails.
Note that this is a member-only ride, and no fee is charged. If you want to participate but are not a club member, just sign up as a member first and then you'll be able to register.
In order to register, you'll need to sign in first. Then you'll see the registration button. Registration is required (and free).
