FL: Tallahassee - Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway

 I had a couple of hours on Wednesday morning to get a ride in. I wanted to check out the path & trails off Miccosukee Rd, one of Tallahassee's famous canopy roads. I made it over to the west side trailhead with the goal of riding the greenway to the far east end and back, while also checking out some of the singletrack side quests Matt had told me about the day prior.

Lush pathway to get things going.

I was keeping my eyes peeled for any singletrack options peeling off into the trees. I wasn't sure if they'd be signed or not. I did find one promising looking trail off to my right almost right after starting.

After the first turn, I had a feeling I wasn't supposed to be here.

The deadfall looked a bit deliberate and the trail was fairly overgrown, so I turned around. Back to the pathway.

Passed by the Hickory Hill Cemetery with tombstones dating from 1919 to 1947.

A rare open section with long views!! And a bit of a downhill.

2-track section that rode like singletrack.

Fancy bridge crossing a dry creek. Believe it or not, the area is in a drought.

One of the signed singletrack offshoots.

The singletrack sections had more twists and turns than the main pathway.

Everything was generally fast riding.

They did a good job incorporating this type of erosion mitigation on dips. We may want to consider something of similar construction for notorious bad spots here in the desert.

Seven miles end-to-end. Time to flip it and make better time on the return!!

I noticed I had made it about halfway into the ride before feeling like I was covered in sweat!! Progress?? Dunno, but by the time I finished I was once again, soaked to the core.

There are a few canopy roads in the Tallahassee area, Miccosukee is one of the better ones.

Good info at the trailhead kiosk.

Classic shot down the canopy road.

One thing that really surprised me on this ride was the fact I gained over 1000' in elevation over 14.5 miles!! I keep telling people the trails here do have some ups & downs, just not like what we're used to out west, but it's enough to keep things fun. Thanks for the intel, Matt, I really enjoyed the ride and can see how it could be linked to other area trails for a longer outing.

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