Florida Coast to Coast Trail Day 3 Clermont to Brookville 11 3 2022

From Clermont we took some back roads and long country roads in order to bypass 25 miles of SR50. This was a great route! Very little car traffic, lots of open spaces, rolling hills, and farm homes along the way. We entered into the Richloam Wildlife management area which started on loose sandy road for about 3 miles and then we got onto hard packed gravel all totaling 16 miles. Then back onto pavement for the last 8 miles to our hotel near Brookville.

[@erwinbabet8873]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful clip. Nice weather. Cheers guys

[@natehendricksen3338]

Like this series! Thanks.

[@tony5323]

Enjoyed this video series. I'm planning to ride the C2C route in December 2023. I'm just starting my planning stage and I want to avoid as much heavy traffic roads as possible. Thanks for sharing.

[@FollowThomas]

That reminds me my own coast to coast ride. This is the section whatnot developed yet. Looks like you didn't take highway 50 to get to the next trail. Your way looks more adventurous. 👍

[@petermattiace]

You are correct! It was soooo much better than SR50. That in fact was our favorite day of all

[@FollowThomas]

@@petermattiace I want to ride it again and take your way. Which road you took exactly?

[@petermattiace]

@@FollowThomas Here is a link to our Ride with GPS route for this segment of the tour. You can then download the GPX file onto your GPS computer. ridewithgps.com/routes/41117496

[@dimitriosfotopoulos3689]

@@petermattiace I was going to ask the same for my upcoming trip. I took a stab at mapping out a quiet route thru the gap, but your route looked better than what I guessed at. Thank you.

[@petermattiace]

@@dimitriosfotopoulos3689 Here is the Ride with GPS route for this leg Day 3: ridewithgps.com/routes/41117496

[@Phonamana]

Thanks for sharing your videos and the route you took. I appreciate you showing the road names and the route! I am wondering if my 32s on my Road Bike would ride on that dirt road. Oh and thanks for the putting it in the description. You mentioned a 3 mile sandy road, that's probably where I would have the problems. Walking 3 miles could take an hour if I had to walk it. I am going to drive up there and check that out. That part of the stretch is the most questioned part of the whole C2C. I had seen they got pretty far on the cement trail next to CR-50. I rode up to US 301 last January in 2023 and the trail continued on but, I don't how far it went. I just know there was a lot of progress when I was there.

[@petermattiace]

Really the first mile was loose and somewhat sandy. The remaining 2 miles were harder packed. A skinny tire road bike would not do well. However the option to take SR50 would be sketchy. I would risk walking the sandy parts rather than riding SR50

[@Phonamana]

​@@petermattiace thanks for replying back so quickly and letting me know more about this route. I can walk a mile but, 3 miles would be a long walk. I just sent an e-mail to a friend of mine who is in the mapping business to see if he can see how far the progress has gotten on the cement trail next to SR-50 to the East of US 301. At a stand point view on Google maps it shows images from March of 2023 last year and it didn't get far passed 301. I had seen it there last January of last year when I rode up to that intersection. The construction was progressing pretty fast that I saw from six months prior to January of 2023. MapMyRide used to use Maxathon for Satellite imagery and it was awesome! It used to show very detailed imagery and I could even see the construction vehicles or the cement or asphalt bike trail. Now MapMyRide is using Terrametrics which doesn't show good Satellite imagery like it used to. My friend in the mapping business was involved with helping Maxthon before. I am not sure what mapping company he's working with now but, he's told me he has to be precise with the distances and what's on the ground. Maybe he will help me out with this area. Thanks again for your help! Happy Trails!

[@dog-so1vj]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I'm making final plans to ride a portion of the C2C this month. My plan is to take AMTRAK from Jacksonville and ride from Tarpon Springs to Deland to get picked up by AMTRAK there to get home. Thanks for showing the road names on your SR 50 gap bypass. Google maps gives a choice of three different options to get around that section. One is the route that you took and two others north of the logging road.

[@petermattiace]

Thanks! I'm providing our day 3 Ride with GPS route so you can see the route and also download the GPX. ridewithgps.com/routes/41117496

[@dog-so1vj]

@Peter Mattiace awesome. Thanks.

[@marks6041]

Enjoyed all three videos on your FL Coast to Coast journey & really appreciated seeing how you took the gravel roads around SR 50! Looking forward to your next couple videos over to St Peterburg! Great job on taking the time to check things out along the way!

[@petermattiace]

Thank you! Will be working the next 2 videos soon

[@zzotherlandzz]

Really nice video!! I have looked at a lot of routs... I like this one the best!!

[@michealwhite1091]

Just came across your channel, gotta love the KZbin algorithm! Can you send me the route for day 3? I want to ride this, but do not like the look of riding along hwy 50. Thanks! Love the vids I've seen so far, keep it up!

[@petermattiace]

Thanks for comment! Here is route for day 3: Day 3 (New): ridewithgps.com/routes/41117496

[@michealwhite1091]

@@petermattiace Lovely! Thank you so much for that!

[@howardmontaque8147]

Coming into Clermont was hilly but this doesnt seem hilly on the way out??? We bailed on our trip because of the high winds from a cold front in the low 30s.

[@ericjohnson8571]

Is this route documented somewhere where I can find it? Thank you for the video!

[@AsianTankPilot]

The max my bicycle can do is 32C tires. Do you think I'll have an issue on that dirt/gravel section? I want to take the C2C, but the thought of riding down SR50 for the length is a little scary.

[@petermattiace]

Those tires are very skinny for the sandy 3 mile section. I would not recommend using that size tire for that area unless you decide on walking good parts of it. May be worth it rather than riding along SR50

[@ricknolen8545]

What hotel did you stay at in Clermont? Is it close to the trail?

[@petermattiace]

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Clermont, an IHG Hotel. It was not far from the trail.

[@hguitars_2479]

Great video, i can't wait to do c2c