The Fort Fraser Trail is a 7.75 miles (12.47 km) paved multi-use path that runs from Bartow to Lakeland.
It runs along a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line that once ran from Lakeland to Naples.
[1] The southern terminus of the trail can be accessed from North Wilson Avenue in Bartow, immediately north of Tractor Supply Company.
A .5 miles (0.80 km) paved extension of the trail runs to the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, a park run by Polk County, the Southwest Florida Water Management District, and the State of Florida, where several additional 3.5 miles (5.6 km)s of unpaved trails[2] traverse the property and provide access to Lake Hancock.
[3] Most of the trail parallel's US Highway 98, and numerous benches, shelters, water fountains and other amenities are available.