Biking Florida's Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail

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Go with me as I put in 30+ miles on the historic Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail in northeast Florida! This lengthy, peaceful trail connects the major metropolitan area of Jacksonville with the tiny town of Baldwin, featuring historic Camp Milton right in the center of it all. I overcame a waffle disaster, a closed boardwalk, and an hour-long train delay (getting held up by a train seems to just be part of the experience here). But I survived, and a good time was had by all.
I'm Scott. I explore, review and rate bike trails on this channel...and hopefully find a little joy in the journey. Thanks for watching!
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@carrollleopard1961 7 месяцев назад

Nice trail. Loved the swamp, Spanish moss, domesticated animals. I never heard of this trail and Thanks for sharing. Looking good on subscribers, I can see you’re becoming more well known. Keep biking the trails.

@joyfultrails 7 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@ronharrelson3121 7 месяцев назад

Great video as usual! Loved Cara Ranier accompaniment song!

@CMWebb 7 месяцев назад

Another excellent video!

@joyfultrails 7 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@jamesneff5067 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for posting the title of the music and the artist you used in your video! You have some great taste in the music and we love finding new artists that we have not been exposed to. 😊 Your video’s have substantially increased the length of our trail riding bucket list!

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Awesome, that’s good to hear. Thank you for watching. 🙂

@timbachman1976 7 месяцев назад

Oh…. Also LOVED the Mac Jones insert! From a skinny freshman to a National Champion QB & Heisman finalist! Let’s Go! Roll Tide indeed! 😁🐘💪🏻😎

@joyfultrails 7 месяцев назад

You know it. RTR! 🏈

@avanteadventures 8 месяцев назад

Loved the critters and country scenes. The train though? I would not have the patience but then who knew any train would be that long? Let alone two? Always enjoy the history and music too. Thanks Scott! Congrats on over 2K. 👍

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Thanks! Maybe local people have more of a schedule figured out on the trains… But I wasn’t local! 😂

@PFAM5 7 месяцев назад

Great video as always! A lot of memories for me in that town. I will send you message to tell you about them. But that pizza place isn’t bad either. The Baldwin train is notorious! Lol

@joyfultrails 7 месяцев назад

Do that...would be interested to hear about it. Yeah, the train must hold cars up as well. The First Baptist Church had this on their sign: "Held up by the train? Take time to pray!" :)

@PFAM5 7 месяцев назад

@@joyfultrails nice! Lol

@leegandysdroid 8 месяцев назад

Good stuff. Baldwin looks like my kinda town!

@stephenwhite546 8 месяцев назад

Nice work Scott . Love the content and the narration.

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@gmaneis 8 месяцев назад

Great camera work, editing, music, all that stuff, and your sense of humor is even more warped than mine, which is really saying something. Thanks for the fun.😆

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Warped?! I resemble that remark! 😂 Thanks for the kind words. And for watching.

@rh-bd6wv 8 месяцев назад

Another good one. Thanks.

@FollowThomas 5 месяцев назад

I just found this video. You were in my neck of the woods a couple of months ago. Well done video, awesome 💯

@joyfultrails 5 месяцев назад

Yes! Your videos actually inspired me to ride that trail. I enjoyed my day there.

@billlee2726 Месяц назад

I'll have to head back out there. It's been a few years now, but I used to ride out there every weekend. Thanks for the review!

@thesart_ 2 месяца назад

It is three years we are living in Jacksonville and going to that trail, but I didn’t know so many interesting facts about the area. Thank you.

@joyfultrails 2 месяца назад

Happy to help! Thanks for watching 🙂

@billysbikesbrews7183 8 месяцев назад

Nice Trail👍.. good review.. 3 Stars seems right.. probably could have been 4 Stars if it wasn’t for a hour train 🚂 Delay 😕.. lack of Scenery hurt this trail 😎🚴‍♂️

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Agreed. Pretty much a straight line for 15 miles! 😮

@southernebiking 8 месяцев назад

Great job as always Scott. You had me hooked from the moment you said a lengthy ride. You did miss a good opportunity on your video work though. I would have loved to see you climb in a saddle on that pig outside that store. Come on man stop missing these things. Lol enjoy your week.

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Ha! You’re right…I’m slipping. 😂 Normally I would‘ve caught that… 😆

@timbachman1976 7 месяцев назад

Love the footage! You’ll always be my choice for capturing something right the FIRST time! You’re blessed with an eye that very few possess!

@titusyeti2 8 месяцев назад

Another great vid Scott. Your channel is gonna blow up, just keep doing what you're doing. Break 19 I need some buckshot 😂. We rode this trail about 20 years ago and I nicknamed it the *ine" trail for equine, bovine and swine. The smells were actually distinguishable in zones. I'm going to send you some spandex bro you're obviously jelly

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Ha! Ok, I think I just laughed out loud three times 😂

@rljohn53 8 месяцев назад

I really enjoy your videos. Entertaining and informative. I just bought a 360 camera and some accessories. I'm looking forward to hitting the trail on my e-bike. That's what you do when you're 70. Keep em coming.🚲🚲🚲

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@amylipkin2116 8 месяцев назад

This happened to FollowThomas. I rode this in December and I was lucky, I missed it!!

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Yep! I saw his video just a few days ago! So apparently it’s just a crap shoot…

@andrewmassey11 5 месяцев назад

Nice video! I've biked that trail a bunch of times.

@joyfultrails 5 месяцев назад

Cool! Yeah, it was a nice way to spend a day.

@jerryparnell1064 4 месяца назад

Nice trail. Your videos an scenery is the best. Thanks for sharing the adventures.

@s.j.5850 7 месяцев назад

You make excellent videos for those of us who love to ride the trails. Keep them coming!

@joyfultrails 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, will do! Thank you for watching.

@peterking6332 2 месяца назад

Live near here and do the trail once or twice a week. Hour at that crossing is next level bad luck ! Wow

@joyfultrails 2 месяца назад

😂 Well… what can I say, I had a great time that day anyway! According to some of the reports I hear, it’s anybody’s guess as to whether you’re going to get detained by the train. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t. 😂🤷‍♂️

@peterking6332 2 месяца назад

@@joyfultrails thank you for doing this I took this Trail for granted but your video gave me a whole new appreciation

@PaulRobPhelan 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for featuring my home town (Jacksonville) Baldwin dissolved it's police department in the early 2000 's

@joyfultrails 7 месяцев назад

You're welcome. I didn't even notice the absence of a police station or headquarters when I was there. I learned that fact on the internet afterward. Thanks for watching!

@rafico9352 5 месяцев назад

Great video. Thanks for sharing. LeRoy Butler is another Jacksonville great.

@joyfultrails 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! I'll have to check him out...

@ezekielcarsella 8 месяцев назад

After living in Charleston for six years, I can really appreciate a good swamp! If I ever get around to going to Jacksonville will have to check out!

@MikeKelsoJr 5 месяцев назад

I live in Jacksonville that’s a really cool trail !! Great video !!! 👍👏👏👏😊🏋️‍♀️

@joyfultrails 5 месяцев назад

Thanks 👍

@GainingMiles 5 месяцев назад

Love your videos. Even though you are a Bama fan! #Go Dawgs

@joyfultrails 5 месяцев назад

Well, you won’t have Coach Saban to kick around anymore 😂 Alabama fans are nervously anxious for football season to start…

@iblankedurmommy 2 месяца назад

Great video 👏👏👏👏

@jrnjax144 5 месяцев назад

Agree 100% with your assessment of JBT. Couple of notes for those considering riding it: Saturday mornings - be ready to ride fast or be passed constantly (and most don’t give the courtesy “on ur left”), June brings yellow flies - so don’t wear dark clothing, also a ParkRun will be starting June 2024 in the middle section (Halsema Trailhead). ParKRun is a free weekly 5k that will happen Saturday mornings at 7:30 (it may slow down the go fast crowd) Luv ur videos.

@joyfultrails 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the intel! And thank you for watching.

@scooderbooder 4 месяца назад

Sorry you had bad luck with the train. I have ridden that trail over 100 times and didn't know the rail lines were still in use as I have never seen a train!

@joyfultrails 4 месяца назад

Wow! I’ve heard from lots of people who have been held up by the trains…so consider yourself blessed! 😬

@michellemiller178 7 месяцев назад

Have you rode the legacy trail in venice Fl to Sarasota? New to the channel like how you did the arial views.

@joyfultrails 7 месяцев назад

No, I've not yet been on any Florida trails down further south than the JAX area. I live in South Carolina, so it's a bit of a haul. Would love to explore more in Florida, however. BTW, the "aerial" or drone-like shots are accomplished with a 360 camera on a 9 ft tall extendable "selfie" stick. I hold it in one hand and steer with the other!

@denniscrapser5436 2 месяца назад

Worth more than three stars

@pedrofernandez8729 8 месяцев назад

And one star each for the weird waffle and for the lethargic, time killing train.

@mountainsnmoore256 8 месяцев назад

Looked like a great trail, but crummy timing on the train!

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Yeah… I bet local people have the train schedule figured out. But I had no idea…

@mountainsnmoore256 8 месяцев назад

@@joyfultrails Yeah, I live on top of a plateau, with no RR tracks. But in the valley, the school buses get stuck behind a train about once per week. I hear them calling on the radio while I am driving my route and always wonder if there isn’t someway the train company couldn’t send out a schedule to the schools? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@DM-ve8vb 4 месяца назад

One cool benefit for frequent visitors is seeing every type poisonous snake in the state!

@joyfultrails 4 месяца назад

😳

@kerusso3568 7 месяцев назад

Do you know where to find a train schedule? Or if they even have one?

@joyfultrails 7 месяцев назад

I do not. But if I lived there - or even close to there - I would try to find out!

@donniemeitz8549 4 месяца назад

We got stuck at the RR crossing also. About 15 minutes

@joyfultrails 4 месяца назад

From what I understand that’s a pretty common thing down there…

@GenXBiker Месяц назад

Papa Seans is the place to eat when going through Baldwin

@pedrofernandez8729 8 месяцев назад

An hour long train? I'm surprised that some smart food truck guy hasn't set up at the time the train goes by and sells food and drinks to the waiting cyclists.

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Great idea! Because apparently it happens a lot. It happened to our friend Thomas who has the “Follow Thomas” RU-vid channel. And it happens so much even to the cars in town that the First Baptist Church had this on their sign: “Held up by the train? Take time to pray!”

@marcusrawls2125 6 месяцев назад

So I guess you not only need to check the weather before riding this trail, but the train schedule too... 😂

@joyfultrails 6 месяцев назад

Apparently so! 😂

@justsomedude7556 Месяц назад

just avoid the 11-ish o'clock time and you miss the train. The trail is nice in the summer with the tree coverage.

@joyfultrails Месяц назад

Good to know! I should go back at a different time of year. I was there in late December.

@DanLee53 8 месяцев назад

It’s E-Bikes or Acoustic Bikes! 👍🏻🚴

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

I like it!

@pedrofernandez8729 8 месяцев назад

E bikers yield to cyclists??? What the hell?? Spandex dudes go faster than us. That is not fair at all. Seems to me that e bikers get shafted in that trail.

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Yeah. That didn’t make sense to me.

@alexjohnson6462 8 месяцев назад

I would not have been the umpatient guy going around the train, but the guy going through the train. If that train is there for fourty-plus minutes, sorry not sorry. Its an unreasonable imposition. Two guys its safe enough. One guy hand off the bikes, the other receives them on the other side.

@joyfultrails 8 месяцев назад

Well, what I did not disclose in the video was that Zi made use of the time to go back and shoot additional b-roll footage for the video. I couldn’t have just stood there the whole time.