fort meade – Meanderthals https://internetbrothers.org A Hiking Blog Mon, 18 May 2015 22:56:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 21607891 Work to Start On Hiking Path Near Fort Meade, FL https://internetbrothers.org/2015/05/19/work-to-start-on-hiking-path-near-fort-meade-fl/ https://internetbrothers.org/2015/05/19/work-to-start-on-hiking-path-near-fort-meade-fl/#respond Tue, 19 May 2015 09:53:20 +0000 http://internetbrothers.org/?p=15467 Later this month, crews will begin carving a 2.6-mile tree-shaded hiking path out of the wilderness along the Peace River near Fort Meade.

And when the Peace River Trail is finished about four months from now, city leaders in Fort Meade are hoping it will become a magnet for visitors to their community.

“I think people are going to come here and walk the trail, and see something about Fort Meade they’ve never seen,” City Manager Fred Hilliard said. “A lot of people sort of drive through Fort Meade and forget it, but this community has a lot more to offer than just U.S. 17.”

The trail, to be built of compacted coquina shell, will begin along U.S. 98 near the Fort Meade Outdoor Recreation Complex on the city’s east side. It will loosely follow the Peace River south to Mount Pisgah Road, with two pedestrian bridges along the way.

The potential exists for linking the trail with the Fort Fraser Trail to the north in Bartow and the Peace River Hammock Park to the south, said Robin Stublen, spokesman for the DOT’s Bartow-based District 1 office.

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