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"Most beautiful bike path in Sarasota County"

The most beautiful bike path in Sarasota County winds through the woods surrounding Rothenbach Park — a former landfill east of Interstate 75.

INTERESTED?

Rothenbach Park is east of Interstate 75, Exit 207, at 8650 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota.

"The Oaks" Park is just west of I-75, Exit 189, off Sumter Boulevard and Mandrake Terrace, North Port.

Pinecraft Park is just south of Bahia Vista at 1420 Gilbert Ave.

For more information visitscgov.net/parksandrecreation or call 861-5000.

Related Links:

• Map: Hidden parks | Graphics

More Information:

• Photo gallery: Rothenbach Park
• Read Tom Becnel's blog at ticketsarasota.com

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Deer forage at Rothenbach Park in Sarasota County March 2, 2011.

STAFF PHOTO / E. SKYLAR LITHERLAND

Call it recreational recycling.

A 90-foot-tall mound looms in the park's center, but it's easy to forget that it's there. More than 2 miles of trail are hidden by palms, palmettos and dozens of large oaks dripping with Spanish moss.

More images of Rothenbach Park.