Starkey Gap Trail

Part of Florida's Coast-to-Coast Trail, the Starkey Gap Trail is a broad paved trail traveling within the Duke Energy powerline corridor. Paved with asphalt, the trail is 12-feet-wide.

Stretching 2.4 miles between FL-54 and the Pasco/Pinellas County line, this paved trail is actually strategically important as it helps to connect the Starkey Boulevard Trail with the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail. At its northern end, the Starkey Gap Trail links with the Starkey Wilderness Park Paved Trail, which heads north. At its southern end by the Pasco/Pinellas County line, the trail connects to the 5-mile Tri-County Trail. Heading south and then west, the paved Tri-County Trail connects to the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail at the intersection of East Lake Road and Keystone Road in Tarpon Springs. There are water, restrooms, and parking at Brooker Creek Preserve.

The Starkey Gap trail was the final piece needed to complete the portion of the Coast-to-Coast Trail within Pasco County and opens up trail users to hundreds of miles of multiuse trails.

**Parking is available where the Starkey Gap Trail crosses Trinity Boulevard, where the Tri-County Trail turns northward from Keystone Road, and at the Brooker Creek Preserve. If parking by Keystone Road or at the Brooker Creek Preserve, follow the Tri-County Trail north to reach the Starkey Gap Trail.