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Visitors travel along SR 40 to access world-class resource-based recreational adventures and outdoor learning experiences in a vibrant, scenic landscape of natural pinelands and wetlands. The corridor between Ormond Beach and Silver Springs serves as the backbone for a network of scenic roads and interpretive trails that foster an understanding and appreciation of the Greater Ocala Ecoregion and its inhabitants. Visitors traverse a cross-section of landscapes as the corridor takes them over picturesque rivers, beside pristine springs, marshes, and swamps, and through sandhills, scrub, flatwoods, and hammock forests.
Creative leading-edge environmental design and management of roads, trails, and facilities maximizes opportunities to experience the region's unique flora and fauna in its native habitat, while protecting ecological resources and maintaining local historic character. Traveler’s safety is enhanced through careful planning and engineering, with respect for the corridor’s aesthetic values. Local communities flourish through participation in tourism development opportunities based on the corridor’s distinctive ecological and cultural resources. |
