Young Guns Traditional Cache
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This cache is located just off the Withlacoochee State Trail.
Withlacoochee State Trail is a 46-mile (74 km) long paved, multi-use, non-motorized rail trail in Florida located in Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties. Florida state parks are open between 8 a.m. and sundown every day of the year (including holidays).
The railroad was formed sometime in the 1880s as the Inverness and Brooksville railway. It connected with the Florida Northern Railroad in Citrus Springs and the South Florida Railroad in Dade City. In 1892, the Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad built an extension through Inverness and Hernando, and in 1893, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad acquired the SFR as well as the SSO&G. In 1946 ACL built a bridge over the Seaboard Air Line Railroad tracks and the newly aligned US 301. In 1967, the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroads merged. In 1987 CSX decided to abandon the 47 mile railroad. In 1989 the state bought the railroad for their "rail-to-trails" program.
The southern terminus is at U.S. 98/301 south of Trilby, then runs 6 miles (9.7 km) north where it crosses over U.S. 98/SR 50, a mile east of I-75, and 40 miles (64 km) north, past the Silver Lake Campground, through the Withlacoochee State Forest, close to the Withlacoochee River. The trail continues north through Nobleton, Istachatta, and then crosses the Hernando-Citrus County Line into Pineola, the site of the Great Train Wreck of 1956. As it enters Floral City, it runs much closer to and parallel to US 41. South of Inverness across from Citrus County Speedway and the Inverness Airport, there is a paid access trail leading to Fort Cooper State Park. Within Inverness itself, the trail runs beneath Florida State Road 44, with access trails on both sides running east. Beneath the bridge under US 41, another trail leads to Whispering Pines Park. In Hernando, the trail is briefly detoured around Citrus County Road 486, then continues through Holder, and Citrus Springs, where it finally ends at Gulf Junction just south of Dunnellon.
Parking for the trail is located off U.S. 98/301 at the Owensboro Junction Trailhead, C.R. 575 / Trilby Trailhead, S.R. 50 Trailhead, Silver Lake Campground, Townsen Lake Regional Park off C.R. 476, Desoto Trail Kiosk off U.S. 41, Wallace Brooks Park in Inverness, South Citrus Springs Trailhead off of SR 44 and W. Citrus Springs Blvd and Gulf Junction Trailhead, which is also in Citrus Springs.
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Good Luck & Happy Hunting 
Team CeDo 
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