Big Tree Park
Longwood 0.3 milesWhile 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.
Cross Seminole County
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
Oviedo to Orlando and Sanford 27.6 milesA 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
Oviedo Longwood Lake Mary Sanford 21.0 milesConnected to a vast network of bike paths, this 21 mile corridor between Oviedo and Sanford hosts portions of the Florida Trail and the Florida Coast to Coast Trail.
Cross Seminole Trail West
Oviedo to Orlando 6.6 milesConnecting to the Cady Way Trail, the western leg of the Cross Seminole Trail enables cyclists to ride from Oviedo into Orlando.
Hiking the Cross Seminole Trail
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.
Recumbent on the Cross Seminole Trail
To see the Florida Trail from a different perspective, our friend Richard drove over from the coast to join Sandy and I for a recumbent trike ride on the Cross Seminole Trail.
Return to Big Tree Park
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.
Spring Hammock Preserve
Winter Springs 3.5 milesAccessible pathways and boardwalks wind through an old-growth floodplain forest to a scenic overlook of Lake Jesup, passing massive cypresses and a cloudy blue spring along the way.