Opened in 2017, Orange County's Pine Hills Trail spans 1.75 miles from Alhambra Drive to Silver Star Road in a western subdivision of Orlando. In the middle of the north-south route, a spur heads southeast for an additional 0.75 miles to Barnett Park, which offers numerous recreational amenities. Running though a utility corridor, the paved pathway traverses residential neighborhoods.
Future northward extensions of the trail will connect it to the Seminole-Wekiva Trail, while a southward expansion will one day connect it to the Shingle Creek Regional Trail.
Parking is available in Barnett Park (4801 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando).
The trail is a practical way to get around the neighborhood. The trail also forks and leads to Barnett Park, one of the most scenic and biggest parks in the county, offering many amenities and activities.
Counting the park, the trail is of good length, well kept, has some markers and little to no interruption from two of its three ends.
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