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Primarily flat, Prosper runs along the Big Slough canal, and can have some tree roots or other obstacles in place.


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2.0

Miles

3.2

KM

Singletrack

41' 12 m

High

21' 6 m

Low

47' 14 m

Up

50' 15 m

Down

1%

Avg Grade (1°)

3%

Max Grade (2°)

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Family Friendly Maintained by Sarasota County, this is a great place for a hike, walk or just general fun!

Can be muddy in the rainy season.

Need to Know

You can park at Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, or just outside of the park. To access the trails, you'll have to ride outside of the park, and cross the new hike/bike/equestrian bridge that connects Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park to Carlton Ranch and the rest of the Carlton Complex.

Take a right turn off the bridge onto the South Power Line Trail (SPLT) (which is doubletrack gravel) for a quarter mile to find the entrance to each trail.

Description

Prosper, running along the eastern side of the slough, is slightly less technical (still of intermediate difficulty), and a somewhat faster ride with features similar to Live Long.

You can ride (or hike) each of these trails out and back separately for a total of nearly eight miles of sweet singletrack. Or, for the more adventuresome, when water levels are suitably low (use your judgment!), the water crossing at the end of Live Long can be ridden for a return via the Prosper trail, for a four-mile single loop ride.

Don't forget both trails have a returning loop now extending the trails to almost 12 miles, the return trails allow for big loops on either side of the Slough.

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Shared By:

Seth Arnold

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Looking north about halfway down Prosper
Feb 10, 2021 near North Port, FL

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Mar 10, 2023
Roger McCoy
Toughest ride so far. I'll stick to "Easy/Intermediate" for now.. Lots of ups and downs. Tree roots. Close to water.
Dec 21, 2019
Jack Ritchie
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