Tallahassee: Lake Overstreet Loop
This double loop takes you 5.4 miles past old homesites to the abundant native vegetation on the undeveloped shores of Lake Overstreet.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 8.3
Waypoints
LOT001
Location: 30.5345497131348, -84.2784118652344
From lot, head E, cross Meridian Rd. to trailhead
LOT002
Location: 30.5345268249512, -84.2770690917969
R @ T onto Ravine Trail. Redheaded woodpeckers scan forest duff for bugs
LOT003
Location: 30.5272197723389, -84.277099609375
Sharp L takes trail away from road. Upland hard wood forest shrouds basin swamps and sinkholes
LOT004
Location: 30.5291767120361, -84.269157409668
R @ Y to begin figure-8 loop; ravine is visible through trees to R
LOT005
Location: 30.5289726257324, -84.2664184570312
R @ Y onto Lake Trail
LOT006
Location: 30.5239200592041, -84.2620086669922
L @ T
LOT007
Location: 30.5268402099609, -84.2555465698242
Trail jogs L for .1 mi., then R along pristine shores of Lake Overstreet
LOT008
Location: 30.5307197570801, -84.2510604858398
L @ Y around lake, typically bustling with wildlife: Watch for otters, turtles, even gators. Colorful birds frequent the lakeside forest and swampland
LOT009
Location: 30.5315399169922, -84.2616729736328
Moss grows on the weatherbeaten homesites within the forest, remnants of a farming community settled in the late 1800s
LOT010
Location: 30.5298404693604, -84.2645721435547
Cross boggy area S of Gum Pond and head uphill. After .1 mi., bear R @ Y to rejoin Ravine Trail; complete the figure 8 by bearing R @ WPT 4
LOT011
Location: 30.5360889434814, -84.2767333984375
Swing S, taking R @ WPT 2 in .5 mi. to parking area
Lake Overstreet
Location: 30.5333347320557, -84.2592086791992
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Mossy House
Location: 30.5312213897705, -84.261848449707
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Gum Pond
Location: 30.5296382904053, -84.2648162841797
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Mixed Forest
Location: 30.5317497253418, -84.2719268798828
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Lake Overstreet
Location: 30.528865814209, -84.2540512084961
©Eli Schelin