The Yearling Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 696 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 696 ft
- Max elevation
- 162 ft
- TrailRank
-
71
4.2
- Min elevation
- -1 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 5 hours 33 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1509
- Uploaded
- April 20, 2013
- Recorded
- April 2013
near Yellow Bluff, Florida (United States)
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Itinerary description
The Yearling Trail (Ocala National Forest) Pat's Island on the Yearling Trail, a walk through the Big Scrub to an island of pine that the Long family once called home. This interpretive trail system leads you past a variety of historic structures, including an old cattle dip vat, a cistern, the remains of several homestead sites, and the Long family cemetery. In the center of it all is a giant sinkhole where the pre-1900 settlers collected drinking water.
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Panorama
Photo
74 ft
Long Cemetery
Cemetery site of the families who once lived in this area dating back to late 1800's
Campsite
123 ft
Primitive Campsite
Off of the Florida Trail in Juniper Prairie / Pat's Island Area near The Yearling Trail
Archaeological site
83 ft
Long Homestead
This is what is left of the Long homestead established around 1876.
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Easy to follow
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Thanks for the track Florida Trail Blazer. It was great having this additional Nav Aid as I was using this trail to hike to Hidden Pond on the Florida Trail.
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Great trail with a lot of history. Seeing Scrub Jays is always a plus. Beware, in the summertime the chiggers are brutal.
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