Florida Coast to Coast 2006 Leg 3

Florida Coast to Coast
Passport Instructions 2
Maps: Withlacoochee Croom Bike 1:50K, Green Swamp Bike 1:100K, Poyner to Lake Marion Bike 1:100K, Lake Marion Road Map

This is a very long bike leg with no access to water or crews for long stretches. No crew interaction is allowed. Plan on a minimum of 10 hours of water. Some checkpoints will be manned with available water. Follow standard AR rules, you may get water or food from locals or stores.

Exit the TA on FR 28 West and go south on Brittle Road to Ponce DeLeon Blvd and proceed east to 476. Proceed with caution through the intersection of 476 and 581 continuing to the intersection of Daly Road UTM 372776 3169340 (no CP). Go south on Daly Road to Forest Road Intersection at UTM 372753 3165264 (no CP) and head east on Forest Road to Yellow Bike Trail at UTM 372954 3165264 (no CP). Follow yellow trail to CP1.

2-CP1 – UTM 373770 3163364 (Tucker Hill Parking Area).
Cutoff: Teams arriving at CP1 after 1600 on Friday will be diverted directly to CP5.
2-CP2 – UTM 374810 3162827 (travel on bike trails only)
2-CP3 – UTM 376866 3162062 (travel on bike trails only)
2-CP4 – UTM 378795 3162840 (travel on bike trails only)
2-CP5 – UTM 379409 3163976 (travel on bike trails only)

Travel South on Rail Trail to UTM 382940 3149008 (no CP, not on supplied map, simply follow rail trail past SR 50 bridge), intersection at Trilby (convenience store located near intersection of 98 and 575, recommend stocking up here). Head east to Bower Road at UTM 385206 3149368 (no CP). Head South easterly then South to the gate at UTM 385384 3147641 (no CP). Cross gate and follow dirt road to river crossing at UTM 386154 3146818 (water is shallow or we will have boats) and continue to CP6.

2-CP6 – UTM 390024 3137119 (Gate to Green Swamp by Hunt Station)
2-CP7 – UTM 400172 3137351 (teams may split up between CP5 and CP7)
2-CP7A - UTM 402604 3141998, collect coin at this CP
2-CP7B –UTM 404848 3134261 collect coin at this CP
2-CP8 – UTM 406219 3137388 (teams must rejoin after CP7)
2-CP9 – UTM 408743 3145561 If gate is closed, climb over it.
2-CP10 – UTM 409652 3147983 (Bay Lake Road Parking Area for Van Fleet Trail)
2-CP11 – UTM 416092 3131114 (Poyner, water available along trailheads).

Follow Poyner road east to SR 33 and proceed south to Van Fleet Road. Travel on grass along SR 33 only (4 hour penalty for violation). Cross 33 at Van Fleet Road (UTM 418704 3129013, no CP) and follow to Brown Shin and then to Deen Still Road. Follow Deen Still Road east to Loughman.

2-CP12 – UTM 444550 3124000 (Loughman Post Office).
2-CP13 – UTM 445252 3110746 (End of Baker Dairy Road) Treeline. Continue south to next intersection and head east to CP14.
2-CP14 – UTM 445561 3110052 ( Lake Marion Creek Road).
Follow Hatchineha Road head east to TA 3 – Hatchineha Boat Ramp at 455735 3100758

[Note: Plotted points on these maps may not correspond to the passport - these maps were created prior to the final completion of the passport locations]

Information about this leg:

This 135 mile bike leg through Croom, Green Swamp, that ended at Lake Hatchineha proved to be quite punishing with difficult navigation, tough terrain, and a lot of heat (and darkness). I will be doing more blog postings with other maps from these section. These maps are not the final maps teams received - but 1:100K scale maps I created while planning the course. Teams received more detailed maps for these sections. If anyone requests (via comments) the detailed maps I will post them with the final control points plotted.