Munson Hills Off-Road Bicycle Trail
Tallahassee, FL
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Munson Hills Off-Road Bicycle Trail
The Munson Hills Off-Road Bicycle Trail offers a scenic and challenging ride through some of the most varied terrain in the Apalachicola National Forest. You will be free from traffic hazards and can quietly explore remote areas, striving to achieve the best of your ability. Before you head out, think about your responsibility to tread lightly in order to protect this rare environment. Munson Hills are sand dunes associated with a shoreline formed here a million years ago. Frequent burning of the longleaf pine wiregrass community creates this unique ecosystem. The sandhills form a foundation for a towering longleaf pine forest intermixed with ponds and wetlands. The bike trail often dips down in the sandhills through hammock ecosystems. Oak, cherry, sassafras and other hardwoods are often found here. Blueberries and huckleberries also grow in these hammocks, providing a seasonal treat for bikers and the resident forest animals and birds. Watch for deer and fox squirrels throughout the forest. Notice the many gopher tortoise burrows in the sand near the bike trail. The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker may be seen foraging on the pine trees above the trail. Members of the Munson Hills Off-Road Bicycle Trail Association maintain the trail in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service.
Length: 7.5 miles (off-road)
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