{"id":6388,"date":"2024-01-28T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-26T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:44:08","slug":"doing-a-lot-of-bicycling-at-oscar-scherer-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=6388","title":{"rendered":"Doing a lot of bicycling at Oscar Scherer State Park."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"float: left;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjqQK3vxu3vmgRqjTaXQhHuDqA_WRArY9YGZbCPA8uUoaUTl4HbqSTuiTyY1V47CI_C4eu7p-TvQ5G744s2cqW0ozlQ6Z4fZdvpyrKfqpmBu7VxYnk2Rh0pSU2rA2SKGJ7xqwSm4CWFNHpGzAZyRyOQ6flQCDHRL01EjB97Z-m9mFyotcGPrM-VfO4Nn3g\/s1440\/CampSite71a.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CampSite71a-300x225.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1440\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">My CampSite #71<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: large;\">This is a very popular campground for bicyclists because it is about in the middle of the popular 25 mi long paved <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofthelegacytrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Legacy-Trail-Brochure_WEB_reduced.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legacy Trail<\/a>. and the trail along the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotacountyparks.com\/home\/showpublisheddocument\/59486\/638120406369770000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venitian Waterway Park<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Click on these links to see detailed maps of the trails and my rides.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Campsite-20Hammock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Campsite-20Hammock-300x225.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Small Site but even room for my Hammock.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: large;\">These trails also connect with trails along the beaches in Venice, FL See <\/span><a style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: large;\" href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/VeniceTour.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Map<\/a><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: large;\"> of a ride through Venice past all the beautiful homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: large;\">There is also a nice trail West of the our campground along <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/CaseyKey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casey Key<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"float: left;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CampSite71b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CampSite71b-300x225.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">I parked sideways to get privacy in top picture<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RestStopalongintercoastal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RestStopalongintercoastal-300x176.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"235\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1839\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;\">Along the Venitian Waterfront Park<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: large;\">My longest ride was going north to Sarasota where the Legacy Trail ends but connects to a new bike lane along Ringling Blvd that takes you to Bayfront Park &amp; Marina\/Island Park, pictures below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia; font-size: large;\">In the past 4 days I biked all of these trails from my campsite for a total of 100 miles.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SarasotaBayfrontPark2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SarasotaBayfrontPark2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SarasotaBayfrontPark1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SarasotaBayfrontPark1-1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1440\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; My CampSite #71 This is a very popular campground for bicyclists because it is about in the middle of the popular 25 mi long paved Legacy Trail. and the trail along the\u00a0Venitian Waterway Park.\u00a0\u00a0Click on these links to see detailed maps of the trails and my rides. Small Site but even room for my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=6388\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Doing a lot of bicycling at Oscar Scherer State Park.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2324trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6388"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6615,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388\/revisions\/6615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}