New zip line park planned for Pasco

DADE CITY -- Zip lining -- the popular aerial attraction where people suspended by cables and pulleys take advantage of gravity -- is adding yet another Gulf Coast offering beginning in August, this time in Pasco County.

White River Zip Lines of Indiana plans to open TreeHoppers on a 60-acre wooded tract on St. Joe Road in Dade City. It will feature zip lines, rope bridges and aerial climbing, including eight courses and 100 aerial features for both children and adults.

The land is in a rural part of northeastern Pasco, just south of the Hernando County line. Saint Joe Ranch LLC, a Florida corporation with White River CEO Benjamin Nagengast as its director, purchased the grazing land in March for $750,000, or $12,500 per acre. Saint Joe bought the land from Walter Jr. and Vicki Lamb, who picked up the property in 2008 for $1.2 million, according to property records.