The Legacy Trail is a 12.5-mile multi-use recreational trail in Sarasota County, Florida located between Sarasota near Palmer Ranch and Venice. The rail trail is a portion of a former Seminole Gulf Railway corridor.

The railroad line was originally built in 1911 as part of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad's extension to Venice.

The railroad line provided passenger service to Venice until 1971. The railroad line was integral to Venice's history and benefited the city's economy. It was used by cadets and faculty of the Kentucky Military Institute for winter classes from 1933 to 1970, transported patients to Fred H. Albee's Florida Medical Center from 1932 to 1942, transported goods and servicemen to Venice Army Air Field during World War II, and used by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which was headquartered in Venice from 1959 to 1992. The circus was the last consistent service the rail line carried.