Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail - Florida Scenic Highways

Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail – Corridor Management Plan
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For over a century the citizens of Ormond Beach and the surrounding communities and visitors to the area
alike have learned to love and value the natural vistas and historic structures they see from the roadways that
make up the Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail. Those within the community are deeply concerned with preserving
and protecting the remaining unspoiled areas of forests, swamps, scrub dunes, and coastal marshes with its
abundance of ecological systems and historic value in this area. The Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail intends to
contribute to this worthy endeavor through its efforts to establish the Corridor as a Florida Scenic Highway.
2.3 Universal Criteria #3
The roadway must be a public road that safely accommodates two-wheel drive automobiles.
The Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail consists of A1A, Granada Boulevard (SR 40), North Beach Street, Pine Tree
Drive, Old Dixie Highway, Walter Boardman Lane, Highbridge Road and John Anderson Drive. All the included
roadway segments are public streets that safely accommodate two-wheel drive vehicles. The areas that do,
and do not, have sidewalks is detailed in Section 1.2 Roadway/Right-of Way (ROW) Description Section in
Table 1 .
John Anderson Drive
2.4 Universal Criteria #4
The Corridor must exhibit significant, exceptional, and distinctive features of the region it traverses.
Details on specific resources can be found in the Intrinsic Resources section. A summary of how the Corridor
meets Universal Criteria #4 follows:
Significant: The proposed Corridor includes four state and six local public parks as well as ten miles of
beach. The scenic Corridor offers travelers the unique opportunity to visit three “Old Florida” environments
while driving, biking, or hiking along a connected figure-eight shaped Corridor. Along the Corridor, the
traveler sees natural dunes and wildlife habitat, magnificent views of the Atlantic Ocean, the vast marshes of
the Tomoka Basin, and a spectacular hammock of twisted palms, oaks, and pines that form a canopy over
parts of John Anderson Drive, North Beach Street, Old Dixie Highway and Walter Boardman Lane. The
Corridor provides opportunities for visitors to observe varied plant and animal species. The Intrinsic
Resources section details the resources in each park and provides information on cultural, historical,
recreational and natural elements within the Corridor.
Exceptional: The long stretch of undeveloped Atlantic Ocean beach that can be viewed by passing motorists
is an exceptional feature not found elsewhere on the Florida coaStreet The canopied roadways are also an
exceptional feature rarely found in the midst of urban areas.