Tavares, 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

Mount Dora: A Town, A Hill, and A Lake Mount Dora is one of those charming central Florida towns that most visitors and residents don’t associate with the Sunshine State. Set on a hill and overlooking a pretty lake, Mount Dora’s active his... Mount Dora, FL

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• Orlando & East-Central Florida Weekend Getaways and Day Trips

Astatula Hills Ramble (Distance: 5.5 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: 5.6 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

Daubenmire Trail (Distance: 9.7 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: 10.4 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

Orlando Area (Distance: 13.3 mi) This chapter on the birding areas around the Orlando area includes descriptions of the bird-watching at these various destinations: Wekiwa Springs State Park, Lake Apopka Restoration Area, Magnolia Pa...

Orlando, FL - Birding - length:unknown

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Bay Tree Bay Tree Golf Course Public, 18 holes 3752 yards, par 62 1.3 miles from center of Tavares, Florida

Fisherman's Cove Fisherman's Cove Golf & Marina Public, 9 holes 0 yards, par 0 2.5 miles from center of Tavares, Florida

Lakes Lakes at Leesburg Private Non-Equity, 9 holes 1132 yards, par 27 3.1 miles from center of Tavares, Florida

Village Green The Links At Village Green Public, 18 holes 3613 yards, par 60 3.2 miles from center of Tavares, Florida

Deer Island Deer Island Country Club Public, 18 holes 6661 yards, par 72 4.7 miles from center of Tavares, Florida

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