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Big Tree Park Boardwalk

Longwood

Home to Big Tree Park and along the Cross Seminole Trail, Longwood is a suburban community north of Orlando

Big Tree Park

Lady Liberty and photographer

Spring Hammock Preserve  |  Longwood
( 28.720417, -81.331533 )      0.3 miles

While the iconic Senator is no more, Big Tree Park continues to fascinate visitors with its enormous cypress trees, including Lady Liberty. The park provides access to the Cross Seminole Trail.

Changes at Spring Hammock Preserve

Osprey Trail in Spring Hammock Preserve

March 6, 2018    Sandra Friend

When we revisited Spring Hammock Preserve in December 2017 for research for our third edition of 50 Hikes in Central Florida, we discovered radical changes to the trail system that needed explanation. Here’s what’s up at one of our favorite preserves.

Cross Seminole County

Done with Seminole County! At the Brumley Road access

February 13, 2013    John Keatley

JK finishes up his last Florida Trail miles in Seminole County as he continues to fill in the blanks on a section hike of the statewide Florida Trail.

Cross Seminole Trail

Cross Seminole Trail map at Big Tree Park

Oviedo Winter Springs Longwood Lake Mary Sanford      ( 28.6893, -81.2305 )      27.6 miles

A 27.6 mile paved bike path connecting to the Orange and Volusia county lines, the Cross Seminole Trail provides access to a massive network of Central Florida bike trails

Cross Seminole Trail North

Cross Seminole Trail in Soldiers Creek Park

Cross Seminole Trail  |  Oviedo Longwood Lake Mary Sanford
( 28.6893, -81.2305 )      21.0 miles

Connected to a vast network of bike paths across Central Florida, this 21 mile corridor between Oviedo and Sanford hosts portions of the Florida National Scenic Trail and the Florida Coast to Coast Trail

Florida Coast to Coast Trail

Bike path through pine forest

Titusville Sanford Winter Garden Clermont Brooksville Tarpon Springs Dunedin Largo St. Petersburg      ( 28.628706, -80.787021 )      191.4 miles

With a corridor spanning more than 220 miles across nine Florida counties, the Florida Coast to Coast Trail (C2C) is Central Florida’s long distance bike path

Florida Trail, Orlando

Florida Trail at Forever Florida

Florida National Scenic Trail  |  Christmas, Chuluota, Kenansville, Lake Mary, Longwood, Oviedo, Paisley, Sanford, Titusville, Winter Springs
( 27.927990, -81.122780 )      148.0 miles

148.0 miles. Spanning from the Ocala National Forest south through the prairies of Osceola County, the Orlando section of the Florida Trail encompasses the eastern suburbs of the Orlando metro

Hiking the Cross Seminole Trail

Passing through downtown Oviedo

January 30, 2013    John Keatley

A hike along the Cross Seminole Trail – which the Florida Trail follows – through Oviedo and Winter Springs means an introduction to suburbia in the Orlando metro.

Return to Big Tree Park

The Senator, charred

March 25, 2013    Sandra Friend

While The Senator is a charred stump, thanks to an arsonist, the grandeur of its surroundings at Big Tree Park – including a 2,000-year-old cypress – has reopened to the public.

Riding Spring-to-Spring and the Seminole-Wekiva Trail

My trike at one end of the Seminole-Wekiva Trail

September 25, 2013    John Keatley

Pile on the mileage with two bike trails within easy reach of each other – the Spring-to-Spring in Volusia and the Seminole-Wekiva in Lake Mary and Longwood

Sabal Point Sanctuary

Sabal Point Preserve

Wekiva River Aquatic Preserve  |  Longwood
( 28.711818,-81.410133 )      7.0 miles

Leading 3.5 miles into a 2,500-acre floodplain forest where the Wekiva River and Little Wekiva River meet, the Sabal Point Sanctuary trail in Longwood is a simple one but quite beautiful.

Seminole Wekiva Trail South

Seminole Wekiva Trail Softball Complex

September 1, 2015    John Keatley

John bikes the next segment west on the Coast to Coast Connector, the Seminole Wekiva Trail. This well-established bike path connects Seminole County communities.

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