BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Monitor Editor
HAMPTON—Friends of Gold Head State Park and the Palatka-to-Lake Butler State Trail said on social media that a 1.6-mile section of the trail has recently been paved. The segment begins at the Bobby Sheppard Ball Park on County Road 326 south of Hampton and runs east to Southeast 36th Ave.
“Plans are under way to continue paving the trail from the ballpark to SR 18 later this year and from SE 36th Ave to 100 near Keystone Heights is to be completed in 2023,” the organization said.
The Palatka-to-Lake Butler State Trail corridor stretches nearly 47 miles from west of U.S. 17 in Palatka to State Road 238 in Lake Butler, along the former Norfolk-Southern Railroad right-of-way through Putnam, Clay, Bradford and Union counties.
The project is under construction and is being completed as funds become available. The longest section of paved trail is a 20-mile section between Palatka and Keystone Heights. Another 4-mile paved section runs from Lake Butler west toward Bradford County.
