Sanford, Florida Travel Information

Blue Spring Campground Every winter, manatees leave the cooling waters of the St. Johns River to make the 72º F waters of Blue Spring their home. Now this park has become famous as a place to observe the gentle creature. In... Orange City, FL

Cave Diving: the Lure of the Dark The current raging out the cave’s narrow mouth is too strong to swim against. Millions of gallons of water gush from the entrance daily, so we use hands, feet, elbows—every means available—to crawl ag... Orange City, FL

Celery and the Saint Johns River: Oviedo, Sanford, & DeBary Barely over the county line north of Orange County, enter Seminole County near Oviedo. You’re still in Greater Orlando with its ever-devouring growth, but this is also lake and river country, with som... Oviedo, FL

Hontoon Island Campground Leave the bustling world behind as you cross the St. Johns River and enter the natural and seemingly remote world of Hontoon Island. The campground here is simply fantastic, and there is plenty of hum... Deland, FL

Houseboating the Saint Johns River The St. Johns River is unique. It is one of the few northward flowing rivers in the Western Hemisphere. It runs approximately 300 miles, then empties into the Atlantic Ocean just north of Jacksonville... Sanford, FL

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Lake Mary Ramble (Distance: 5.0 mi) Citrus once grew as far north as the Georgia border, but since the great freeze of 1898, earlier and earlier frosts—in an era of global warming!—have driven coldsensitive oranges south. This ride take...

Lake Mary, FL - Road Biking - length:39.2 mi

Lake Jesup Trail (Distance: 5.2 mi) This 490-acre site is located on the north shore of Lake Jesup. Preservation of this floodplain habit is part of the effort to aid in the restoration of Lake Jesup, among the state’s 20 largest lakes....

Sanford, FL - Hiking - length:2.5 mi

Environmental Center at Soldier Creek (Distance: 5.4 mi) The five miles plus of looping singletrack on this Seminole County property (actually part of the local school system) may not be long, but it gives the off-road rider a site to challenge balance and ...

Sanford, FL - Mountain Biking - length:5 mi

Prairie Lakes State Reserve (Distance: 6.7 mi) It can be argued that what Florida lacks in variety of off-road biking terrain, it more than makes up for in availability and number. Over ten miles of out-and-back dirt roads run through this plain,...

Kenansville, FL - Mountain Biking - length:10 mi

Lower Wekiva River State Preserve (Distance: 9.0 mi) The horse trails in the preserve have approximately ten miles of mapped and unmapped doubletrack that make at least four loops. Two overgrown side roads in the 4,600-plus acres could probably be ridd...

Apopka, FL - Mountain Biking - length:10 mi

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Mayfair Mayfair Country Club Public, 18 holes 6400 yards, par 72 2.4 miles from center of Sanford, Florida

Timacuan Timacuan Golf & Country Club Public, 18 holes 6915 yards, par 71 3.9 miles from center of Sanford, Florida

Heathrow Heathrow Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6900 yards, par 72 5.8 miles from center of Sanford, Florida

Winter Springs Winter Springs Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6589 yards, par 71 7.1 miles from center of Sanford, Florida

Legacy Club The Legacy Club At Alaqua Lakes Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 7160 yards, par 72 7.1 miles from center of Sanford, Florida

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