Two-Wheelin' Notes: Florida's Great Roads!

It's September. Fall fell, it's probably snowing somewhere, and it can't be long before many of my friends in the frozen north start thinking about riding to Florida for some balmy temperatures, Biketoberfest or Bike Week, the IBA party, and those great twisty roads you have been hearing about. 11 curves in 318 miles! How can you resist? However, without a little local knowledge the good roads can be hard to find. As a life-long resident of the Sunshine State, I thought perhaps I could help. So I took a little ride all over the peninsula....OK, it was hotter'n hell early this month, so it was a Virtual ride....and mapped some great peg-scraping riding opportunities.

Way down south in Collier County and the Big Cypress Swamp, this one is a big favorite of my friend Don Kime:

Even the interstates are twisty! This curve is in Suwannee County between Ellaville and Dickert. notice how boring US 90 is by comparison:

You will find this great set of S-curves on US 441 south of Holopaw:

More S-curves! This is Alligator Alley east of Miles City:

S-curves on the Interstate! My friend David (DragonflyUC) loves this one. He likes traveling north from Dade City just so he can throw the bike back and forth through these twisties:

On the county line between Seminole and Volusia, Hwy 46 -- the main thoroughfare from Sanford to Mims. Great scenery and a curve in the road! Can you handle both at the same time?

Flagler County, on the famed Bunnell-Espanola-Bimini loop. An exciting, two-lane, county road!

A few States to the north, US 129 has gained some notoriety as the main street in Deal's Gap. But here in Levy County, can there be any doubt why it is known as "The Head of the Dragon?"

Maytown Road, just off of I-95 in Volusia County, has this great hairpin turn. Unfortunately, you cannot get to Maytown Road from I-95....

But don't despair! I-95 has this beauty in store in St Johns county as you travel through the Big Fish Tail Swamp:

This is Government Road in the Everglades, which connects the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in Broward County to the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation in Hendry County. It's the Florida DOT demonstrating their sense of humor: