St. Marks Trail

Awesome mountain bike trails adjoin the main paved St. Mark Trail. As a recommendation, completely avoid the Twilight branch of the trails, as they are full of sand and really hard going. Stay on the Munson trails and you’ll be golden. Have fun!

Did the Bayou trail which was alright. 6.5 miles. RR 114 was just loaded with mosquitoes and ticks. Also walked up on an alligator just layin on the trail which Im sure could be fun for some but scared me half to death! fun place to go for the day.

LOVE the St. Marks Trail! Every spring when the weather gets a little warmer, but not too hot, I try to do it at least once. The trail is very well maintained and though its a bit secluded (it runs parallel with Woodville Highway and the Old Woodville Highway through the forest) it is definitely safe. The trail is 16 miles to the town of St. Marks, which is very podunk but it does have a bar and a really good bar b q joint. Grab a bite while you’re resting and take the 16 mile trek back to Tallahassee, you’ll be happy you did but you’ll be exhausted!

First off, what a lame category name. «Active life.» Jesus. It makes me feel like I’m writing for a senior center.
Anyway, St. Marks trail is pretty cool. It’s a 16 mile bike trail from just south of Tallahassee to the St. Marks river. It parallels the appalachicola national forest for about half the way and a bunch of redneck Woodville neighborhoods the rest. It’s mostly shaded which is nice since it means its not off limits in the summer time. I actually like that it goes by those woodville neighborhoods since there is something to look at besides trees.
The trail ends in the town of St. Marks which is basically two bars and a bunch of boats. The area looks like it should be a lot cooler than it is. Anyway, the bar on the water has good oysters (although they come pre shelled which is bizarre but tasty) and if you get caught in the rain, it’s not a bad place to get buzzed while waiting for it to clear up.
The trail was created through a state «rails to trails» program so it was an old railroad track. Why is that important? Because trains like to run where the ground is flat.
There’s also some sort mountain bike trail into the national forest about a mile from the trailhead. I can’t vouch that one.
Th trailhead is south on Monroe just past capital circle. It’s on your right hand side. If you see a purple gorilla, you went to far.