Leesburg, Florida Travel Information

Climb Mount Dora: Mount Dora, Tavares, & Leesburg Sample an area that is filled with lakes, miles of green countryside, and still enough rural flavor to give you a rest from city life. Stay in a highway motel, an upscale hotel or inn, or a rustic fis... Tavares, FL

Withlacoochee State Forest Native Americans bestowed upon the region its name, meaning “crooked waters.” The tannic-tinted river that shares its name with today’s 143,348-acre state forest borders the territory to the east, run... Lake Panasoffkee, FL

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Daubenmire Trail (Distance: 1.6 mi) This 1,700-acre preserve located near Leesburg encompasses two wooded islands (Flat Island and Magnolia Island) and a huge wetland known as the Okahumpka Marsh. It is a uniquely situated marsh, the hy...

Leesburg, FL - Hiking - length:2.5 mi

Flat Island Preserve: Daubenmire Trail (Distance: 2.5 mi) This 2,300-acre preserve located near Leesburg encompasses two wooded islands (Flat Island and Magnolia Island) and a huge wetland known as the Okahumpka Marsh. Of the two islands, Flat Island is the ...

Leesburg, FL - Hiking - length:3.5 mi

Astatula Hills Ramble (Distance: 14.6 mi) This is a busy ride, twisting up- and downhill and winding among a half-dozen sparkling lakes. It is central Florida at its best, with one of everything—cattle and horse and goat ranches, trailer park...

Mount Dora, FL - Road Biking - length:29 mi

Sugar Loaf Mountain Challenge (Distance: 14.7 mi) Thought Florida was flat, did ya? If this is your first tour of central Florida, you may be in for some surprises. Rising to the grand elevation of 310 feet, Sugar Loaf affords a panoramic view of g...

Mount Dora, FL - Road Biking - length:39.7 mi

South Lake Trail (Distance: 18.4 mi) About 20 miles west of Orlando, the South Lake Trail (a.k.a. Lake Minneola Scenic Trail) takes in some of central Florida’s most spectacular prospects. Nowhere in this region will you fi nd more hills...

Minneola, FL - Rail-Trails - length:7 mi

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Meadows & Oaks Pennbrooke Fairways Public, 18 holes 3279 yards, par 62 0.8 miles from center of Leesburg, Florida

The Sanctuary Pennbrooke Fairways Public, 9 holes 3036 yards, par 35 0.8 miles from center of Leesburg, Florida

Silver Lake Silver Lake Golf & Country Club Public, 18 holes 6197 yards, par 71 4.7 miles from center of Leesburg, Florida

Arlington Arlington Ridge Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6610 yards, par 70 5.1 miles from center of Leesburg, Florida

Continental Continental Country Club Public, 18 holes 6461 yards, par 72 6.4 miles from center of Leesburg, Florida

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