The Chain of Lakes Trail is a paved multi-use path that runs from

Lake Alfred Lake Alfred is a city in Polk County, Florida, Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was approximately 5,015 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the Lakeland, Florida, Lakeland–Winter Haven, Florida, Winter Haven Lakeland-Winter H ...

to Winter Haven in Florida, past many of the lakes that compose the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes. The trail runs along the abandoned route of the South Florida Railroad's Bartow Branch (which was later part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad). The southern terminus of the trail is near Lake Howard at Avenue B Northwest near the Chamber of Commerce Building. The trail travels northward past

Lake Silver Lake Silver (), formerly known as Lake W () is a private housing estate developed by MTR Corporation and Sino Land. It is located in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong between Wu Kai Sha station and Monte Vista, another housing development. The whole proj ...

, Spring Lake, Lake Ida, and

Lake Conine Lake Conine is a natural freshwater lake on the north side of Winter Haven, Florida. The lake is not within the city limits, but is almost entirely surrounded by the city of Winter Haven. Lake Conine is almost as often called Lake Connie as it is ...

before coming to an end at the southwest corner of West Haines Avenue and southbound US Highway 17 and westbound US Highway 92. Originally running between Avenue E Northwest at the Winter Haven bus terminal and city hall and

Lake Rochelle Lake Rochelle, of which the main body is oval-shaped, has a smaller oval-shaped cove on its east end. This lake has a surface area of . The lake is located just north of Winter Haven, Florida, but is located entirely within the city limits of Lake ...

at US 17/92 in Lake Alfred, it was extended north over a bridge crossing US 17 and 92 running as far north as West Haines Avenue in Lake Alfred, as well as south through Winter Haven Central Park to the Chamber of Commerce Building in the late 2010s.

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