It is 100-foot (30 m) wide, with a 12-foot (3.7 m) asphalt thoroughfare suitable for nonmotorized wheeled conveyances, such as bicycles and wheelchairs.

All of the Jacksonville Baldwin Rails to Trails Buffer Preserve was purchased with grants from the Florida Communities Trust (FCT), which has provided funding for local communities and eligible non-profit organizations to acquire land for parks, greenways and open spaces since 1991.

[6] Eventually, the trail passes through flatwoods, wetlands, and hardwood uplands which support populations of birds (including hawks, buzzards & wild turkeys), squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, opossum, armadillos, gopher tortoises, snakes and white-tailed deer.

The trail is densely shaded by vegetation that is in some places so thick that it is difficult to see other features of the landscape.

The trail comes close to its midpoint to the Civil War Camp Milton Historic Preserve.

With three miles (5 km) of fortifications constructed of earth and timber in February & March 1864, Camp Milton was "first line of defense against the Union forces in Jacksonville in 1864, with over 8,000 troops.