PALM BEACH LAKE TRAIL Photos Of The Historic Car-Free Trail On Palm Beach ("The
Island") In Florida
This May Be The Finest Urban Trail In America
Palm Beach Lake Trail
Quadrille Bridge & The Intercoastal Waterway
City Of Palm Beach, FL
Directions: Part of the Palm Beach mystique is that there
aren't any road signs directing people to the Island. Here's how
to do it. Take I-95 to Palm Beach Lakes. Head east on Palm
Beach Lakes to Dixie Highway (aka US 1). Turn right (south) on
Dixie Highway (US 1) to Quadrille. Turn left (east) on Quadrille
and cross the Flagler
Bridge
to Palm Beach Island. Take the first left once you come over the
bridge.
You will be in the area of the Palm Beach Publix supermarket.
Park
on any of the streets near Publix, and then head one block west to the
Trail.
The trail can be accessed at the end of any of the cul-de-sac streets
in
this area. The Lake Trail runs north along the shoreline between
the
Intercoastal Waterway/Lake Worth Lagoon and the Palm Beach homes.
Fees: Access to this public trail is free.
The Palm Beach Lake Trail is extraordinary. It is a wide
paved path restricted to pedestrians, skaters and bikers. The
trail offers beautiful views of the Intercoastal Waterway, downtown
West Palm Beach and of the homes on Palm Beach.
Palm Beach founder Henry Flagler built the Lake Trail in 1894 as
a place for his hotel guests to stroll. Along the Lake Trail you
can see Flagler's first house from 1886 (“Sea Gull Cottage”), a large
kapok tree at 8 South Lake Trail (notable for its unusual roots) and
Flagler’s Whitehall mansion.
Lake Trail runs about 5 miles north from the Publix area
(mentioned in the directions above.) Drinking fountains can be
found at the trail's beginning near the Quadrille Bridge.
At the northern end of the trail you can work your way northeast
through the neighborhood streets to find a small public boat dock with
excellent views of Peanut
Island and the Lake
Worth/Palm Beach Inlet.
There is a 10 MPH speed limit on the trail. It is popular
and sometimes crowded. Because it's Palm Beach, many of the
people using the trail are unusually well dressed and
polite. Visitors should dress and act appropriately.
A second trail on Palm Beach runs about 1.5 miles. It
starts at Wells Road and runs along North County Road. It ends at
the Palm Beach Country Club.
Another 3-mile path begins at Ibis Isle. It runs
south and ends at the town of Lantana.
Across the Intercoastal Waterway is a wonderful trail
along Flagler Drive in downtown West Palm Beach. It's easy to
access from Palm Beach via the Flagler (Quadrille Blvd.) Bridge.
Click
here for more on the Flagler Drive trial.
Note: This page contains several photographs. It may
take a little extra time to load, especially with a dial-up connection.
The trail begins near the Quadrille Bridge. The Quadrille Bridge
is seen to the left. The Intercoastal Waterway ("Lake Worth
Lagoon") is the waterway in the middle of the photo. The tall
buildings in
downtown West Palm Beach are seen to the left.
Lake Trail heads north
past homes on the right and boat docks to the left. The
red-and-white smoke stacks of the Riviera
Beach Power Plant are seen to the left. Lake Trail is wide,
nicely paved and well maintained.
When the Lake Trail
nears traffic, the path is separated by a barrier. The trail and
the
road meet for just a short distance. Other than here, the trail
is
completely separated from cars.
There are plenty of
places along Lake Trail to stop. Views of the Intercoastal
Waterway are spectacular.
Palm Beach keeps the
Lake Trail extremely well landscaped maintained.
There is a 10 MPH speed
limit on the trail. It is popular and sometimes crowded.
Because it's Palm Beach, many of the people using the trail are
unusually well dressed and polite. Visitors should dress
and act appropriately.
At the northern
end of the trail you can work your way northeast through the
neighborhood
streets to find a small public boat dock.
Looking to the west, the
dock provides an excellent view of Peanut
Island.
Drinking fountains
are found here at the dock (northern Palm Beach Island). Similar
drinking fountains can be found at the beginning of Lake Trail near the
Quadrille Bridge.
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