Lake Minneola – Orlando Citizen

The Townsend House at the Clermont Historic Village, Lake Minneola behind. Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Townsend House, an 1895 home moved by a town that refused to lose it; a 1925 depot that never moved; a WWII Quonset hut. Clermont’s open-air museum is the fastest-growing city’s memory, kept by volunteers.

Mile 0.0 of the South Lake Trail, Lake County. Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Tips & Guides

November 14, 2026 Staff Reports

Riding the South Lake Trail: Florida’s Hilly Answer to the Rail Trail

Most Florida trails are flat. This one climbs the Lake Wales Ridge, threads a chain of lakes and links Clermont to Winter Garden through a designated Trail Town. How to ride the South Lake Trail well.

The Waterfront Park beach on Lake Minneola, seen from the fishing pier. Photo: jared422_80, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.

Tips & Guides

November 14, 2026 Staff Reports

Lake Minneola Is Clermont’s Front Porch

A swimming beach, fishing piers, a festival lawn and a stormwater park with a 40-foot tower: Waterfront Park and Victory Pointe are where Clermont swims, races and watches the sun go down. A shoreline walk, explained.

Hartwood Marsh Road dropping toward Lake Minnehaha, Clermont. Photo: Jared, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Neighborhoods

November 14, 2026 Staff Reports

Clermont Is Florida’s Hill Country — Here’s How to Do It Right

Hills, a chain of lakes, a 1956 tower and a downtown that trains Olympians: Clermont is the least flat place in peninsular Florida. Our research-led guide to doing it properly — tower first, lake second, market on Sunday.