Ozello Trail

Ozello Trail is County Road 494, a 9-mile dead-end run off US 19 between Crystal River and Homosassa Springs. It threads Crystal River Preserve State Park and ends at Ozello Community Park on the Gulf — salt marsh on both shoulders, dotted with sabal palm and cedar islands. The road packs 67 curves into those 9 miles. Pavement is two-lane blacktop in generally good shape, but several corners run a decreasing radius and some carry reverse banking — the kind that catches a rider leaning the wrong way on a first pass. Posted speed is 35 mph. No fuel sits on the trail itself, so top off in Crystal River or on US 19 first. It's an out-and-back to a dead end at the Gulf, so direction doesn't matter much. Morning light suits the marsh views and the herons and osprey working the flats. Pair it with the springs at Crystal River and Homosassa Springs State Park, minutes back up US 19.