Florida trails · Lake Wales Rails to Trails
Lake Wales Rails to Trails
A 2.0-mile out-and-back in Florida, with 30 ft of climbing. Reaches Lake Alta and other lake destinations. Managed by City of Lake Wales.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 2.0 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Lake Alta (lake)
- North Lake Wales (lake)
- Lake Wales (lake)
Getting there
Lake Wales Trailways access — parking nearby. About 26 min drive (16 mi) from Haines City. 27.90774, -81.58745 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:02 a.m., the sun rises at 7:25 a.m. and sets at 6:58 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:22 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 32 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.9-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 29 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:55 a.m. — 10 h 03 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Lake Wales Rails to Trails + Lake Wales Trailways — 4.0 mi loop, 110 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Lake Wales Trailways — 0.0 mi
- Chain-Of-Lakes Trail — 11.8 mi