There is a nice dedicated walking trail out by Lopez that is quite a few miles long. The exercise trail around Lake Miona rec trail takes about 5-10 minutes to walk, and isn't really suitable if you're a serious walker since it is so short. I do see a lot of people walking around the neighborhood, just on the side of the street or on sidewalks. I personally don't like walking on the multi-modal trails because golf carts go pretty fast, and I feel like I constantly have to be on the lookout for them. Again, I suppose it depends on where you are (what village) and how busy they are.
I occasionally do a loop around Sumter Landing that is quite pretty - walk along the boardwalk towards Morse as far as you can go. You'll end up behind the cottages along the lake. Then head out of there towards Sweetbay, continue on up along Old Camp Road on the multimodal trail. You come to a small park - continue thru the park and it comes out near Barnes and Noble. Then I cross the street and am back at the boardwalk on the lake again. It takes me around 25 minutes at a fast clip.
Its a shame they don't have a nice dedicated walking trail on the south side of TV like they do up near Lopez. The perfect place for one would be on Buena Vista along the preserve near Lake Miona. There is a ton of land there that isn't going to be used. They could have a trail along the fence line through those groves of large oaks, would be so pretty, and not expensive to build.
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