Editing Hawthorne, Florida (section)

===Transportation===

[[File:CSX_locomotive_617_passing_by_the_Railside_House_Museum-_Hawthorne,_Florida_(5757952463).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Freight train passing a small building|CSX train in Hawthorne]]
[[File:Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail, Hawthorne Entrance.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Entrance to a broad recreational trail|Hawthorne entrance to the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail]]
The city sits at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 301 in Florida|US Highway 301]] and [[Florida State Road 20]].{{sfn|FL DOT}}

[[CSX Transportation]] owns the north–south rail line which runs through Hawthorne, and operates a station.{{clarify|date=September 2019}}{{sfn|CSX Map}} The line, part of the [[Wildwood Subdivision]], is used for freight. Its Edgar spur runs from Hawthorne to Edgar (near [[Interlachen, Florida|Interlachen]]),{{sfn|CSX Timetable}} and the 1912 railroad station is used as a business.{{sfn|Surviving Florida Train Station}}

The [[Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail]] connects Gainesville to Hawthorne with a sixteen-mile, paved trail.{{sfn|Cunningham|2018}} The trail runs through conservation areas in Alachua County that features wetlands, upland hammocks, and pine flatwoods,{{sfn|Historic Alachua County|p=164}} and can be used for walking, cycling, and (in parts) horseback riding.{{sfn|Florida State Parks}} It was created through the [[Rails-to-Trails Conservancy|Rails-to-Trails]] program, which converted the abandoned railroad between Hawthorne and Gainesville to a recreational trail.{{sfn|Rails-to-Trails}}