Florida trails · Prairie Riding Loop

Prairie Riding Loop

A 33.9-mile point-to-point in Florida, with 111 ft of climbing. Reaches Dinners Pond and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.

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Length

33.9 mi

Elevation gain

111 ft

Difficulty

Moderate

Max grade

11%

Steepest mile

+89 ft

Tread at ≥10% grade

0.0 mi

Shape

point-to-point

Managed by

U.S. Forest Service

Elevation profile

The climbing leans toward the first third: 46% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 11.3. It gives back about 532 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Dinners Pond (lake)
Doe Pond (lake)
Set Pond (lake)
Round Pond (lake)
Long Pond (lake)

Getting there

PRAIRIE RIDING LOOP access. About 1 h 02 min drive (33 mi, 3 of them unpaved) from Apopka. 29.01896, -81.69216 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:03 a.m., the sun rises at 7:27 a.m. and sets at 6:58 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:21 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 31 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 33.9-mile route works out to roughly 12 h 37 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.

Loop options

FLATWOODS RIDING LOOP + Baptist Riding Loop + PRAIRIE RIDING LOOP — 6.3 mi loop, 363 ft gain
Prairie Riding Loop + FLATWOODS RIDING LOOP — 3.2 mi loop, 165 ft gain
BAPTIST RIDING LOOP + PRAIRIE RIDING LOOP + Flatwoods Riding Loop — 6.3 mi loop, 363 ft gain