Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
Orlando, reviewed like a local — reviews, news, tips and guides from the neighborhoods up.
At the Longwood–Wekiva Springs seam, Wekiva Island rents canoes, kayaks and paddleboards on a National Wild and Scenic River, then pours for the paddlers on its boardwalk. Here’s how to do the day well.
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Roughly 23 miles of paved trail cross Seminole County, and the Winter Springs miles are its shaded suburban heart — trailheads, the Town Center lunch stop, Central Winds and the Spring Hammock boardwalk detour.
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Seminole County’s largest lake holds an alligator population biologists have studied for decades. How to see Lake Jesup well — from the Central Winds pier, the Spring Hammock boardwalk and an airboat out of nearby Black Hammock.
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Kayaks on three connected lakes, a renovated zero-entry pool, a new wheels park and a five-mile greenway — the local side of Casselberry’s seventeen-park system.
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A sculpture garden, boardwalk, amphitheater and splash pad wrapped around City Hall — Lake Concord Park is Casselberry’s cultural center and event lawn in one address.
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Phase 1A opened in 2026 and Phase 1B is under construction. What the county’s biggest Horizon West park offers now — trails, Lake Hartley, pavilion and playground — and what is still to come.
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The community’s own recreation grounds and lakes, the 7.4-mile Little Econ Greenway starting on Alafaya Trail, and — labeled nearby — Blanchard Park’s river acres and Downey Park’s splash pad and pickleball courts.
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The best free thing in the Heathrow corridor isn’t behind the gates: Seminole County’s Showcase Trail runs the old Orange Belt Railway bed through Heathrow and TownPark to the Wekiva River. Trailheads, logistics and the Heathrow stretch, explained.
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Ball fields, lighted courts, a clubhouse and a fishing pier on Sawyer Lake — reserved through the Master Association for residents and their invitees. Inside Heathrow’s shared backyard, and its very deliberate rules.
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A 7.4-mile greenway, 14 miles of campus wilderness trails and a nearby Oviedo river loop: three ways into the Econlockhatchee wild edge, ten minutes from Alafaya Trail.
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